Never Again by Isabella Melians

I shouldn't have asked you
why?
did I believe in serendipity?
limerence, intoxicating
sat heavily beneath my tongue
hallway lay so vastly around us
(encouraging questions not dare said
within a crowd)
why?
you were so confused-
arms crossed protectively
brows furrowed deeply
pulsating silence
lips of a sole note
No
why?
never had eye contact seemed more potent:
you turned so quickly
towards the metal doors
I shouldn’t have asked
Isabella Melians (she/her) is a sophomore attending school in south Florida. She is the vice president of her school's writing club, "The Writer's Circle", and has been published or is forthcoming in Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine, The Weight Journal, K’in Literary Journal, Spillover Magazine, Ice Lolly Review, NonBinary Review and other reviewers. Insta: @isabellam_04.