oh the ways I could love you
if only you knew
the lies we tell ourselves
just keep us from the truth
"she wouldn't go
for a guy like me"
"he probably thinks
i'm annoying"
"she's a kind of beauty
beyond words"
"i want to touch him
so much it hurts"
but for all this thinking
nothing is said
we dodge the bullet
and choose silence instead
thinking why even say
those things out loud? 
not wanting to look like a fool
for reaching out
self fulfilling prophecies
that is what we are
more likely to ignore our instincts 
than listen to our heart