The flower

I watched her grow like a flower

A petal floating in the wind

I stood a silent observer

To the loss of time

I don't think she could see me

I was just a fading image

~

In the dark abyss of unrequited love

Only fate remained, time telling a story

The ending unknown, the last page unread

A million possibilities, just out of reach

~

I waited for her to see me

Before time was lost

I listened to a quiet breeze

Blow silently through a

Corner of my soul

Telling me, my chance

Was already gone

~

I stood a passing reminder

To things left unsaid

Looking out beyond this place

I watched her on the horizon

A silhouette dancing

In the moonlight

Fate whispered in my ear

I would always be

As far

As I was

As far as the flower

From the sun

~

I traced a tear running

Cold from my cheek

I gave hope away

In bitter pieces of despair

I felt a tidal wave

Crashing against the shore

Of my empty heart,

A lonely goodbye

To a misplaced hello

~

I confessed love in words

I whispered into the abyss

my voice drifted

in the expanse

stretching

between us

I don't think she could hear me

I was just an invisible silence

~

I turned from her, knowing

I was forgotten

Before I was remembered

I passed from her cinema screen

A single frame of film, unseen

A flickering of flame, extinguished

Still, in the briefest of moments

I shared with her

A life unknown, forever undiscovered

A shadow in the distance

A petal floating in the wind