• "Look at me, please..."
    She begs of me
    As a saddened smile
    Twists her face in pain.
    "I cannot," I say
    With a heavy sigh.
    "For I would do so
    For all the wrong reasons."
    "I don't care!" she says.
    Her plight is clear.
    "I just want one glimpse.
    Look on me just once,
    So I know that
    You truly love me."
    "But you know that I love you."
    I say to her
    As my eyes find a point
    Just beyond her face.
    "Even now you won't look.
    Not even to keep me
    From walking away."
    Then my eyes found
    The place she once sat.
    Her legs had already
    Carried her away.
    I watched her figure
    Disappear in the distance
    As I silently whispered my confession.
    "The truth is I looked.
    Several times I looked.
    I cherished every moment I saw you.
    I saw you, my angel,
    And the whole world fell away.
    When you asked me to look,
    I simply could not.
    But it wasn't because I didn't love you.
    If I gazed into your perfect eyes,
    I would see myself reflected in them.
    I couldn't stand the sight,
    I couldn't stand the image,
    Of seeing myself in you.
    So forgive me, my love.
    I love you, I truly do..."
    So ended my confession-
    Pain built up over years.
    Unable to chase her, my love,
    I rose and left in the opposite direction.