love
is doing a good job of
hiding from the truth

that i
have been keeping an eye
on you

if caught in mid-stare
i wouldn't know where
or what to say

i have become
an expert on
...the gaze away

the moment you turn
is when i've learned
to avert my eyes

at embarrassments request
i do my best
to not have you find

me in the dream
of you and me
that's going nowhere

if you caught my look
i'd be on the hook
of you knowing i care

if you caught me once
that'd be enough
to not know what to make

of the moment right then
as i begin once again
...the gaze away