still

Queer it is to like someone
Who smokes a lot and drinks to excess
What is more odd
Is to remain nonchalant and unmindful
To the degrading rumors spreading around him.

Others might conceive me
To be either weird or dumb
For continually liking him
Even after knowing his ugly demeanor
I’ve tried to elude him though
Yet the power of his charisma
Mesmerizes me still.