You silently pray love steals you away
She smartly smiled- our eyes locked
Time froze my utterance and courage
Just as she turned and walked away
Everything inside me hoped she’d turn back
Thereby thawing my fear with a glance
I was so filled with tunnel vision
To be shamefully honest- I didn’t notice
As her and the train both departed
I wanted so desperately
For her to know and really see me
It almost felt misguidedly obsessive
The year we spent sporadically chatting
But I dared not foolishly show it
Not openly at least, nor even audibly
A dark fog of shyness simply concluded
She’d too easily reject someone like me
What could I offer her anyways?
As I’ve learned through past scars
There is a vast difference
Between love and apathy gifting pity
Through out random conversations
Akin friends and palpable enemies
Cautiously afraid of the others true…
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The Reluctant Poet 