again

Oh, I had been led

I was trying to avoid you

In the empty school halls

The birds' sun burned

As I felt sickness claw at my insides

The love that couldn't be

The silence I must treasure

I was hiding this time

Thought I wouldn't see you

Thought the distaste would leak into my soul

Then I turned the corner

And you headed towards me

You arm outstretched

My name on your lips

I felt my hand touch yours,

Firm handshake 

my mother always told me

You moved towards me

Tall and foreboding

A question, simple and unadulterated 

I looked up

I felt the pull, the retreat, the recede

everything faded away

Except the memory

Of your hand in mine

And your intent eyes burning in my lips.

I wanted to go back to sleep

So terribly.