For The Daily Post. prompts Now You See Me
I remember the first-time I saw you
Bent double over your desk you were
Lone person in the classroom
Nose inches away from the sheet of paper
Scratching endlessly
You didn’t see me!
The second time saw you sitting right beside me
Twiddling absentmindedly with the pen between your fingers
Lost in your own thoughts
You didn’t see me!
The next time you passed me in the corridor
Our arms brushing each others ever so slightly
I got a whiff of your wonderful soap
Reminding of freshly mowed grass
You did spare me a glance
But I don’t think you actually saw me
And then came that day
When you held my hand
Albeit just to keep me from falling over
The blush that crept over my cheeks
Was enough to give me away
But I don’t think you saw it
Then again you knocked on my door
Asking me to help you cook
Surprised as I was that u needed my help
I obliged.
I wonder, did u see me then?
This time you should have seen it
The day I left you those flowers and card
At the side of your hospital bed
My initials carved ever so brightly at the back
Wasn’t it obvious?
But you didn’t realize it was me
And that day when I lent you my shoulder to cry
Over your ex who lived so far far away
I wondered
Will you ever see me somehow?
And here I stand today, looking at my empty room
The day had come when I would be leaving
As all my friends bade me goodbye
My eyes sweep over the crowd, searching for you
Your absence could mean only one thing
you hadn’t seen me yet
As I sit here waiting for my train
I gaze at the mementos from my friends
And then my heart gave a leap
A letter from you?
As my eyes scanned the words of the letter
I realized what a fool I had been
Off course you had felt everything, off course you had noticed
But only I was stupid enough to realize
It is only Now that you see me!
PeriwinkleBlue 