Fifteen years after I heard
you had a crush on me
Pam
and I ran far far away
I avoided you at the reunion
missing the chance to meet you
husband and two kids.
I guess I thought there was a chance
you hadn’t gotten over me
(despite never having been under me).

I sold you short
and put you in a box
that I couldn’t let you escape from.
I’m sorry.
It’s just
I suppose I couldn’t
think very highly
of any
who thought highly of me.