I grew up

Watching people fall in love

On TV, man and woman

Getting married

And I wondered

Why I didn’t want that life

Why was it too hard to see

I didn’t want to be that girl

And I watched as

The boy treated her badly

And then I’d fantasize on how

I would treat her so kindly

Then entered school

With boy obsessed friends

And I wanted to know

Why was I not crushing on some guy

And then I saw her face

And my mind would light up

Think about her all night all day

And I got told that I had a crush

And that it was so normal

Told me not to worry

Then why in 2024

Is this love not so normal?

You told me

That it was choice

But doesn’t that

Make your love a choice?