"Stares"

Only to know why we’re so resistant;

if only I could give into a wish

upon a twinkle in your eye

to give into the feelings unrequited.

The looks were playful at first.

I felt the chemistry

almost as though we were children.

At first you felt something forceful but acted casually

as if it hurts.

Always on your terms

I felt honored

but wondered if there would be a time

We couldn’t be alone

face-to-face

without their having already known.

I guess my fears were allayed

every time we looked in each other’s eyes

and during the pauses in conversation

I felt we had built up each other’s egos

not just a rapport

so much so that a new form of foreplay

had come to order.

If we could just get past those blank stares;

still somehow you wanted to keep flying

under the radar.

You would have me believe there was

no depth to what we shared

to justify my broaching the subject

of what comes next.

If only you could come with me

to our last frontier...

We would have shown them

with all their reservations

all those vacant stares weren’t for not;

once ours in denial, now our faces chiseled eternally

in a kiss...

I still can look into your eyes

and you’re not far behind.

The times put a wrap on us;

so unfair were those stolen moments

memorialized by those stares

that to this day to say that we lost touch

makes me blush

.