I feel their eyes bearing down on me
Assessing me, peering in to traverse
The maze I have erected to catch
A glimpse of what I hold inside.
Not out of judgement
Nor condemnation,
As much as I might wish it so, No
It is out of care
Out of love.
I don’t wish to be loved right now,
Except for the love I know
I cannot have.
My heart has left me
Given to another (to her)
Taken to a place I cannot travel to.
Solely left to feel everything,
Apart from her.
Lost and lonely
Out to sea again
Face pressed to the rising seafoam
Greeting my cheeks
With a forlorn kiss.
I once hailed ‘land ho’
But now greet my lifelong friend
The open sea.