UNSPOKEN

I don’t remember the first time

I saw you,

only that I did,

I couldn’t stop.

 

I giggled softly

when I caught you looking.

But I pretended

not to care.

 

I laughed a little louder,

walked a little slower,

hoping you’d notice.

 

You never said a word.

Neither did I.

But there was something

about the way you looked at me

like we both knew.

 

I told no one.

Not even myself.

Because what was there to tell?

We hadn’t spoken.

Not once.

 

And one day

I left without telling you.

There wasn’t much to say.

But for days after,

I kept turning corners

expecting to find you.

 

You stayed.

I disappeared.

And with me,

went the quiet thing

we never named.

 

Your memory

will fade in mine.

Just like mine

will blur in yours.

 

And we’ll stay
unspoken.

Forever.