Limerence

""Eighth grade isnÕt easy for anyone and we all look for ways to express ourselves. Some people dye their hair, other people start wearing makeup for the first time, and I wrote poems about a crush I had on a boy that I couldnÕt talk to anyone about but him; and when I couldnÕt talk to him I wrote poetry instead. "" When I stumbled onto seven sonnets I wrote in eighth grade I was filled with many emotions. Happiness that I had found them, lingering hurt from a preteen crush, and confidence in my skills as a writer. There was a time in my life when these sonnets were one of the things I was proud of the most. I owe it to my past self to publish them like I always said that I would. Alongside the sonnets I have included three poems which continue the theme of heartbreak and one poem which covers what it means to exist at all.