POETRY: 'A Non-Linear High School Love Story' by George Abraham

A Non- Linear High School Love Story

By George Abraham

Chapter 24:
            One word:
            “Goodbye”
Chapter 3:
            That moment when the protagonist
            Begins to realizes he’s caught in that
            Vicious cycle once more.
Chapter 2:
            It began with a hug
            On a quiet afternoon;
            One intoxicating gesture.
Chapter 10:
            This isn’t going to end well.
Chapter 4:
            The protagonist’s previous crush,
            Who is already in a committed relationship,
            Begins to re-surface like an undulating wave-
            Schlepping the surface of his intangible thoughts.
Chapter 6:
            “There’s a fire starting in my heart…”
            Oh Lord Jesus, it’s a fire…
Chapter 5:
            The protagonist resorts to
            Listening to cheesy love songs
            To ease his tension between 2 unattainable lovers.
Chapter 7:
            That awkward moment when
            The protagonist realizes that
            He’s friendzoned..
Chapter 8:
            WE ARE NEVER EVER EVER
            GONNA GET TOGETHER!
Chapter 11:
            Stagnation.
Chapter 9:
            The protagonist decides to
            Live his daily life in the friendzone,
            Too afraid of action.
Chapter 20:
            It’s graduation time.
Chapter 15:
            A psycho from the protagonist’s past
            Re-surfaces to torment the protagonist
            Because what love story doesn’t have a crazy ex?
Chapter 12:
            The protagonist sees too far into
            The actions of the beloved,
            Thus dragging him deeper
            Into this pool of despair.
Chapter 19:
            Protagonist reads a cheesy
            Spenserian sonnet that tells him
            “It is better to have loved and lost
            Than to have never loved at all.”
Chapter 21:
            There is no feeling quite like
            Walking down the graduation aisle
            With the regret of 1000 prisoners….
Chapter 13 and 14 have been purposefully omitted for the sake of the protagonist not looking like a total imbacile.
Chapter 16:
            The encounter with the protagonist’s ex
            Makes him reflect on his former life-
            What he’s become ever since.
Chapter 17:
            The protagonist decides to confide his
            Secret with a best friend, who comforts him
            For the time being.
Chapter 18:
            The protagonist realizes that everything is ephemeral
            Especially peace…
Chapter 22:
            We’ve reached the climax to the story-
            The protagonist must now decide:
            Risk telling his beloved about his love
            And risk the possibility of all future contact?
            Or remain silent and probably fall out of touch in college…
Chapter 23:
            The author realizes that
            Some endings are better left unwritten,
Chapter 1:
            One word:
            “Hello”
Chapter 25:
            The love story eventually becomes myth.
Chapter 26:
            Myth becomes motif- repetition.
Chapter 27:
            An image of the spinning earth resounds as the symbol of continuity.

Copyright 2013| George Abraham