The Girl

She’s the kind of girl who scares you

when you see her for the first time

caught in the fading light

off campus.

She scares the sh*t out of you

because you grew up with pretty girls who approached you with a smile

and then they took it

without asking.

You learned early on that beauty

may get trapped in a face that doesn’t deserve it

and the world doesn’t owe you

one thing.

She’s the kind of girl you accidentally meet

through a friend of some friend

and despite the armor you’ve made from the conclusions you’ve reached

she says words that are sweet

and surprising.

She scares the sh*t out of you

because she’s disproven your theories

and your growth now requires

re-learning.

It scares the sh*t out of you

that the years have flown by

and you realize you could not live

without her.