loneliness.

in a crowded room,
loneliness follows me like a shadow.
begins with a whisper,
telling me,
sadness is the only cloth to drape my shoulders.
slowly,
loneliness,
sadness,
engulf me with their flames.
hope,
a lump in my throat.
there is no way out,
loneliness whispers again.
guiding me towards the house they built for me.
loneliness,
sadness,
in their distinctive voices,
“we are forever yours,”
they tell me.

he surrendered.

and she scared him.
he didn’t know why.
didn’t know how.
an uneducated heart.
taking an unexpected fall.
she ruined him.
showing him the same world.
knowing he can’t recognize it.
he surrendered his will to her.
his great wall at his feet.
she scared him.
seeing right through him.
he knew then.
she will educate his heart.
meet him down the line.
fall with him.
explore the same world.
and maybe let him scare her.

only to you.

love is your craving.
simply. innocently.
you want to be loved.
but my darling you turn away love.
when it comes knocking.
rattling your front door.
by the same person.
the one willing to give love.
only to you.
you stand hesitating to let it in.
and then wonder.
naively. hopelessly.
why love passes you by.