This passionate heart,

Buried deep within, beating in rhythm with your every breath,

Yet I cannot find the right words to tell you so.

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Tongue tied by emotions in wont of regurgitation,

Swallowed back due to my own apprehension,

These burning embers sour in the pit of my stomach.

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I glance your way in hopes of recognition

Momentary contact from your crystalline blue eyes gives me hope

Until I realize you are looking through me.

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I am veiled from your sight,

The background in the play that is your life,

Dressing to complete your pretty picture.

~~

What must I do to lead in your panoply,

All that I am I would gladly bestow upon you,

Without hesitation or precondition.

~~

If only I was endowed with the fortitude,

But I am not and never have been,

Instead my timidity consumes me.

~~

Breathless I am left to watch you from the sidelines,

Only dreaming of what might have been,

Wishing that fate had shined a loving light upon us.

~~

But it was not to be,

As destiny has dictated the climax of this cruel tango,

Leaving one of us to be the wallflower.

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~