In the state of Massachusetts
Is a school,
Outlandish Middle School.
And in that school
Is a boy,
The one who holds the key,
The key to our
paradise.

Inside his body lies a heart
Filled with compartments that hold
Things that is dear to him.
And in one of those compartments
Is a small wooden key.
In the same compartment though,
Sits a large golden door,
A door that leads to a majestical fantasy.
For now it is closed
Until the fateful day arrives.

We met in the library,
a world complete with books containing all kinds of excitement,
yet there was none in the air.
He was shelving books when I came in,
And being the foolish girl I was,
I tried to squeeze past him and his cart,
Only to slam into the cart,
And this then slammed into him.
I tell him I’m sorry and ask
Are you okay?
He gives a polite nod,
But I can see the pain in his eyes……
His
Deep…
Blue…
Eyes.
I say,
“I truly am sorry.”

I help him shelve the books
That had fallen off the cart
And ask him for his name.
He says Anonymous,
For you can’t put a label on someone,
It’s inhumane.
To his surprise
I laugh
And say,
“But wouldn’t you just be labeled ‘Anonymous’?”

Then he laughs,
Replying,
“I guess that makes sense too!”
We laugh so much
And pretty soon
The clerks are glaring bullets through us
But I know,
That deep inside
Something special has happened
For that small wooden key
Has opened
The large golden door……
But only
A tiny
Bit.

Days pass by,
And weeks are a blur.
Two months later,
We sit in the school courtyard
And finally,
I know
That the golden door
Is wide
Open.