the longing to
look straight into
those eyes crashed
by a fear, a shyness
of a budding emotion
of teenage years.
yet in the night,
that warmth of
secret love
enshrouded
me, the imagined
security made up
to withstand
the lonely
desperation that
stormed my heart
through the years.
ambitions stole
the time and light
out of this secret passion
now only remembered in verses.