I've been pressing
The sustain pedal
To let the sound of us
Stay longer.

I didn't take note
That no matter how long
I held on to the right keys,
Or how perfect I read
The entire score,
Or how hard I stepped
On that pedal,

No sound emerged.
The piano wasn't just broken:
You weren't playing anymore.

A glimpse of you
in the shadow of light,
muddy soaked up leaves
becoming the road's delight.

The softened soil
reminds your touch,
your slow grip
soothing as such.

In the surrounding mist
my eyes search for you,
the heart beats love
dreaming of us
warm in this rain...
painting a lovely view.

The clouds bring to me
your love from far away,
all I feel and see,
your presence near me
.
*entire night and day !

I sat on a park bench,
Five meters away from you;
I stared at you
Several times but you never knew;
You looked my way,
And my heart almost went astray;
Then you stood up, gaped, speechless,
My eyes wandered around
as my emotions became a mess;
As the girl next to me
walked down the park alley,
I realized your gaze
was fixed on her earnestly;
My mind went blank,
heart clenched with despair,
I was no more
than a girl sitting on a bench chair.