Side By Side
By: Swake23
There you walk, unaware.
I watch from afar, notebook
in hand. My pencil stains the
smudged gray papers.
Do you see me sitting here?
I drop my Pencil. It rolls
to your feet. you pick it up.
Return to me. Fingers touch.
Breath catches. Eyes look into
the others. A moment of silence.
a car horn, a rushed insult.
now silence. My flesh trembles.
Your lips beckon. Held back.
There you walk, unaware.
What is this heartache?