Unobtainable, independent

And carefree. He wanders

Across the school corridors,

With a gaze both aloof and

Drifting, behind

His intelligent eyes.

He’s a shining star

In our institution of

Colourless space.

He’s a lustrous metal

Whilst we are tarnished.

He’s the admired

Out of all of us, useless.

A knowingly exaggerated smile

And an evidently forced laugh.

Never a crack in his perfection,

He never loses.

He has a familiarity of an old friend,

But our distance is now large,

And I can never approach

This boy,

Who is always

Just out of reach.