I’m not just not talking to you

I’m not talking to you

Or you

Or you

Or you either

I’m mostly just talking to me

Because you

And you

And you

And you too

Don’t deserve to have to carry my weight

Because neither you

Nor you

Nor you

Nor even you

Know how heavy an empty frame weighs

It is hard to keep this silent,

finding you to be the object

of my affection, knowing

you are forbidden

Would you hold my hand

in public if you knew

if you felt the same way

if you burned for me

the way I do for you

Would you hold your breath

as I caressed your face

and leaned in for a kiss

or would you turn away

and chide me for being so bold

and so wrong...

Would you lay with me

and feel me as I feel you

and burn with me, flooding

the world with our passion

Sitting, quietly, right next

to you as we go about our

day till we separate

and you go on your way

never knowing that

You are forbidden