Silent Ache
I laughed beside you, day after day,
Not knowing my heart would quietly sway.
A friend, a confidant, so close, so true,
Slowly, painfully… I fell for you.
I wrote you poems in the dead of night,
Lines soaked in longing I’ll never recite.
Each word a wound, each rhyme a plea,
A love you’ll never, ever see.
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You smile at her, your chosen light,
And I drown in the shadows of your sight.
My chest aches, my voice stays mute,
A happy crush trapped, absolute.
I linger, I listen, I quietly ache,
Hiding a storm I cannot unmake.
No comfort, no notice, no soft refrain,
Just silent suffering I swallow in vain.
And so I love you, unseen, unheard,
A ghost of affection, a caged bird.
You’ll never know, you’ll never see,
The heart that quietly bled for thee.
