etched on
chipped
bathroom tiles,
Our initials
scrawled,
a secret
held for miles.
Dodgeballs bounce,
a blur of shouts and cheers,
But I stand
frozen
lost in your eyes,
my breath disappears.
Vending machine
hummed, the
of coins,
a hollow ring
Buying time,
hoping for a glance,
anything.
Your laughter, a melody that
danced with others,
Leaving me adrift
in a sea of stilled happenings.
A
trapped in my throat,
a wasted space.
Shoulders hunched
I watched
you disappear,
My flimsy umbrella
a love
drowned
in fear.
Yearbook gathered dust,
ghosts on a forgotten shelf,
Your picture a punch to the gut,
a love story left on itself.
a symphony of
forgotten
youth,
A bitter pang in my heart,
a love unspoken,
the
cruelest truth.
