Infatuation

There's something in my ears,

There's something in my heart.

This first day of song at school,

I know it's just the start.

I see you during day,

Dream of you during night.

Think of you in the evening,

Think of you at first light.

Thoughts and sights and songs,

All thrills of their own.

But I recognize a one-way crush,

Know that I'll be alone.

And yet the feeling lingers,

It's like my heart's on flame.

Like an ember lasting,

I doubt you even know my name.

Eleven years have passed since then,

Now that fire's mixed with shame.

But time to suck it up, it's Reaping time,

For the blasted Hunger Games.