Out of My League, a poem by Abhinav Aradhi

 

Out of My League, a poem by Abhinav Aradhi

You were an idol supreme,

A total goliath of a dream.

I had to crane my neck to look at you,

And I’ve never felt so intimidated in my life.

 

You had a shining disposition,

Brighter than the sun,

And you were out of my league,

In more ways than one.

 

You’re cooler than me,

With everything you wear turning designer,

And your perfect hair always a bruiser,

You are the unheard of creature: the king bee.

 

And you’re out of my league,

But that’s what drives up to the peak,

Knowing that if I bat a little harder,

I’ll slip into your upper echelon.

 

All my days, and all my life,

Wasted before you came into it like a knife,

Slicing right down the way,

You made me spill my awkward guts right onto the floor.

 

I’ve been waiting for a man like you,

And I don’t know how I know that.

It’s like a fleeting thought that raced into my mind,

Like a star streaking across a lover’s sky.

 

I know you’re out of my league,

But a guy can still dream,

Of a reality where it didn’t matter,

Or if I were a woman.