Loving from afar

Puppy love?

Loving from afar

Somewhere in a pumpkin shell
the world is always right.
One can live in fantasy
and dream to his delight.
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I was only ten years old
she was seventeen.
I was still in grammar school
she was the high school queen.
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Though she never knew my name
she was my shining star.
In my world of make believe
I loved her from afar.
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Puppy love so some have said
is just a passing thing.
But when I was just a boy
I caught it every Spring.