I'm always drawn to the silent kid Pushed far back in the class. Grungy hair, never cut back Flipping his pencil in the air. I thinks it redeemable that no one knows Where he came from or where he goes. It simply goes to show That he keeps to himself and my curiosity grows. I don't pine or crush or stalk him though, I don't know him aside from the hoody logo. The one he wears days in a row. And when the teacher called him to speak His voice was low but hardly meek. Like a tone that no one hardly shows. He rarely uses his voice to vocalize prose. But when he spoke of religious concept I could hear his sarcastic intellect. "I don't believe but I accept. It's just a thought of perceptual inept." That's when I knew I had to neglect My learning endeavors and speak to this gent. Inching closer to his desk I start off slow and ask his opinion of certain text. He broke his stare and turned it to me Almost disbelieving I could see past his cloak of invisibility. Very wary and abruptly short He told be to turn around. My brain screamed "abort!" I lost this one but he was unaware That we still had a few hours left in there. And in his silent stubbornness I simply sat and told him this. "If William Blake was all devout then in The Tiger why was he calling God out?" The boy rolled his eyes at me "Did he who made the lamb make thee?" Of course he did! I already knew That just for a second I was getting through. "He wants to have the unfailing faith without getting whiny with trials and disbelief." This took me aback and challengingly seethed, "If you're defending him then why do you disbelieve?" He raised his eyebrow in confusion, almost enjoying me "Hey you're the one who first asked me? Don't ask me a question then mentally ***** at me." I held back a smile and could instantly see This shy kid and I would get along perfectly. The he retorted first asking me, "You're not some kind of Jesus freak?" Laughing uncontrollably, I breathed, "Of course not. Never touched the stuff. Grew up religiously but that was enough. God has my infancy but my adulthood belongs to me." Then he stopped and looked at me... I earned a smile What a blessed sight to see. And then we sat there together Silently. We waited days to exchange names Though he was my shy kid And I his crazy dame. Conversing over theories And explained How ours were better. "No, yours is lame." We chuckled in the back of class Quite content for the time to slowly pass Borrowing pencils Ripped pages from binded rings With silent words scribbled That we were quietly passing. Never speaking of our other lives Outside this class of mutual lies. Just two hours of acceptance thrives. I use him and he used me To create a silent under towing Of our ideas so different and refreshing It was our home we invented without moving. This shy kid and I I can't explain If you had one to yourself you wouldn't complain. How honest and blunt you'd never expect them to be. Go talk to one You'd be surprised to see.