Adolescent Love

I was only a boy

But I looked younger than the others

Only hair on my head

And a voice just like my mother's

So I stayed quiet

And fully clothed

And this girl in my grade

I would dream her in my covers

After saving her from

The cruelty of her father

Though her father

Wasn't cruel at all

I was head over heels

I stuffed socks into my sneakers

I was hoping she'd think

That I was tall enough to reach her

But the teacher

Took my socks away

He said: You're only a boy

You're too young to really love her

And when you grow up you'll find

There'll be hundreds more just like her

But I said: Teacher, you don't understand

The heartbreaks and the romances will come

But adolescent love is a violent one

The heartbreaks and the romances may come

But adolescent love is a violent one