I saw you across the room
you were in front of me
daily
your dark hair stuck up at the bottom of my vision
as I tried to focus on the board
I could only really think of you

I learned you were a gentleman
when you escorted me home
weekly
you wanted me to be safe
for as long as I was in your view
and always beyond it

I realized our connection
too late to react before we were separated
monthly
an empty, painful longing began
as my dreams began to lose their grasp on you

when we returned, everything had changed
the tender voice I had once heard
daily
I began to never hear again

why did we lose each other
that precious connection gone
I ask myself
hourly
my mind never stops asking
questioning
wondering if there could ever have been anything more
if time hadn’t gotten in the way of me and you