Perhaps we are like
Parallel lines

Maybe
Our destinies
Weren't meant to meet
And I won't ever really
Change your life in some
HUGE or
IMPACTFUL
Way

Maybe
I was just meant to
Follow you,
By your side,
Forever

But
I'd be taking care of you
And
You taking care of me,

I would watch you
From a distance as
You watch me and

We'd lead each other on and
Go into the horizon

*Together

Staring out into the rain.
Waiting.
Waiting for someone,
Someone special.

The doorbell rings.
I dash
But it's a false alarm.
There's no one there.

And there never will be.

What do you call
That sense of impending doom,
That knowledge that
You're going to die,
Right before you die

It's that feeling of
Those few seconds before you
Leap off the edge
And suddenly your life
Flashes across your eyes
But you can't
Unjump your jump

It's that feeling of
Being rooted to the ground when
A car comes charging but you
Just
Can't
Move

It's that feeling of
Lying on the hospital bed
And your eyes start to close
And the beeping of your heart gets
More and
                     More      
                                                Distanced

What do you call
That sense of impending doom,
That knowledge that
You're going to die,
Right before you die

I'm sorry that I love you
So much, yet
I can't express
One bit of it

I don't know whether to
Meet your eyes when
You walk past me because
Sometimes you look so caught up in your world
I'm not sure whether to invade it.

I don't know whether to
Give you a hug when
Your eyes travel some distance and
You go Oh so deep in thought.
As you sit there, worrying,
I too worry about you.

I don't know whether to
Answer you truthfully sometimes,
Because the truth would hurt you more and
Make you feel helpless because
My problems are impossible to handle
(I'm very sure)

I'm sorry I'm so
Caught up in my own problems always,
So we never get to talk about

Yours

I gaze at you as I
Fit your palms into mine,
The smooth skin that
Crinkles when you smile,
Your laugh is just so
Innocent

I hope
You stay that way