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Reality Can Beat Fantasy
Can you be in love with someone who isn't there?
 A ghost some would say
 Someone you've built up in your mind
 Who couldn't possibly exist as you've imagined her
 Is it conceivable she is better than anything you've ever see or heard?
 It could just be all in your head.
 The flirtations could just be innocent remarks between friends.
 There is no way she looks at you the way you look at her.
 You make the excuse, "Maybe she's that way with all her friends."
 When you catch her watching you then smiles her dazzling smile, maybe a little too long
 When you catch her staring
 It's hard to decipher, to read her
 You don't want to look to much into something
 Things could get ruined
 So you don't pay much need to the little touches and lingering glances
 In fact you don't notice at all
 Or you do, but you think you're imaging it
 Chalking it all up to how much you like this girl
 How beautiful and intelligent she is
 How she makes your heart flutter without knowing it
 You're afraid she'll find out you feel this way
 So you keep everything inside
 Because you think you shouldn't love her
 You don't think it's wrong, but
 You believe she's not into that type of relationship
 Initially that was what you felt
 But her touches last longer than they were before
 Her eyes no longer linger but watch your every move
 When she hugs you she caresses you and hold you close
 Seemingly not wanting to let go of you 
 Still you thin this has to do with how much closer you have gotten with her
 You don't want it to be too good to be true
 That she could possibly feel the say way
 Then again she has been acting really different lately
 Spending more time with you as of late
 Getting angry when you are with others who are interested in you
 Grabbing your hand at random times and holding it tightly
 Eventually you call her on her actions
 She just shrugs and takes your hand
 Somehow in that letting you know she is into you and she isn't that ghost you thought she was
 She is a girl who is very real
 She exists
 And is better  than your imagination
 Somehow better than what you built up
 Because this is real and this is happening and she is yours
 All yours

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