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Patient
by Richard Gary Roane
When I see you walk close to me, my heart lets out a deep beat.
It knows what I feel, and how I felt when I first saw you.
My mind fills with pictures of you when you are smiling and laughing.
I smile at the thought of you being happy.
I should have taken the chance to get to know you better, but I stumbled.
I know now I have lost my chance.
I know the one who has stolen your heart makes you happy.
I want to make you happier.
I wrote an undiscovered letter of confession to you.
It said how I felt at the time I met you.
I missed another chance.
When I see you and your boyfriend in my mind, I become jealous.
I see images of him leaving you, you become sad.
I push the thoughts out of my head, you become happy again.
I want to make you happy, I have no more chances.
A friend of yours gives me advice, I want to be patient,
but I can't get the pictures of you out of my head.
It's driving me crazy seeing you with your boyfriend.
At the icehouse, I was going to tell you how I felt about you.
I missed that chance. I never have a chance to be with you,
where I am comfortable enough to talk to you.
There is always a few unwanted presences.
I am happy when I get to talk to you.
I don't know if you know how I feel about you.
I try to make it obvious to take away from the nervousness.
I am not trying to be pushy, I know you have a boyfriend,
you are with him, I can't change that.
I want to change that, but I am not that kind of person.
When I had the chance, I was too shy and nervous to talk to you.
At the camp, I really wanted to talk to you.
I felt I was ugly and both you and your friends liked Matt.
I gave up until I tried to talk to Dara about it.
She gave me some advice, but I chickened out.
Oh how I wished I had taken her advice at the time.
We go out in our group to have some fun, we tell jokes and laugh.
I don't know if you thought I was a jerk.
We get to our destination, we play the game, and have fun.
I see you sitting, you are beautiful.
I want to make eye contact, but I look away.
I am afraid you might think I am staring.
You sit next to me, I stop talking.
I want the moment to last for ever more.
You smile, and your eyes shine, you just made my world stop.
I want to let you know how I feel.
Even with the confidence I have, I am unable to tell you.
I am afraid of what you might say, of what I might mess up,
of what I have just done. I give up.
I take a chance, by getting in your car. I wanted to talk to you.
You mistake my reasons for talking about David.
Your cousin realizes the situation.
I love to hear you talk, your voice makes me happy.
When you called Kenny's house at night, I was tired,
but you made me ready to rip the phone from his hands, so I could talk to you.
This confession is not meant to make you believe I am obsessed,
but to show you how I really feel about you.
You are not mine to take.
I see us together, images are shattered by the voice of your loved one.
I set down the pen, realizing, this will change nothing,
I am forever without you.
I am still patient.
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