Unrequited love was like

Looking at one of those

Optical illusions.

Like the one that

Sometimes

Looks like

A vase

And other times

Looks like

Two faces.

We both took a look at it

And at first

We both

Only saw

The vase.

But I took

A closer look

And I realized

The faces

Were inside

The same image.

So I pointed them out to you,

Because

They were clearly there.

I was not imagining things.

But then

You told me

You

Didn’t see them.

Which was okay. I mean,

Not all of those brain teasers

Are simple.

In fact,

They’re not supposed to be.

So I was patient.

I laughed it off

I slowly outlined the faces

With my finger

So you could see them.

The noses,

The mouths,

The whole nine yards.

Yet even after that

You still didn’t see them.

“Is there something wrong

With your eyes?”

I asked.

This was frustrating in itself,

But what really got to me

Was that you had the nerve

To claim the faces weren’t even there.

Just because you didn’t see them

Doesn’t mean they weren’t there!

But then

I started to doubt

Myself.

Questioning

Whether I really did see the faces.

And I did,

I truly did,

But you

You were

So

Damn

Adamant

About it

I thought

Maybe

You were right.

Have I gone insane?

I’ve heard

Falling in love

Can do that to you.