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Nobody talks about
Looking for something
You don’t know
If you want to find.
Like you
In a sea of faces
Like your spirit
In a crowd.
My eyes roam
Scan
Never really looking
Because my heart
Cannot make up her mind.
To look or not to look.
To search for what you showed me
To reach for what I know is there
But I keep my hands close
Do not look.
Do not touch.
Do not engage in polite conversation.
Do not smile and flip hair.
My mind still remembers
The spiral I found last time.
So I keep my eyes down
Thoughts to myself
Recoil at any person’s thumb on my lips
And pray that one day
I can lift my eyes
From the darkness you left me in
Look up into people’s eyes
And smile.
About the Creator
Sara
Don’t look for love.
Be love.
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