Love at first sight?

I’d like to say I fell in love at first sight.  
But I didn’t.  
         You grew on me like poison oak strangling a tree.

I’d like to say that you made an impression on me immediately.  
But you didn’t.  
         It slowly dawned on me like flames crawl through a forest.

I’d like to describe how I wanted to know you intimately.  
I couldn’t be bothered.  
         My curiosity raged on like a stampede of wild broncos.

I wish I could tell you how I feel.  
But I can’t.  
         My lungs have collapsed as my ribs tighten into my flesh.

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