Can You See?

Can you see me watching

Idly by,

So scared to talk

I feel I could cry?

 

Can you see me staring

A distance from you,

Happy to see

The things that you do?

 

Can you see the way

My fear turned to dust

When you let me know

I had someone to trust?

 

Can you see me shaking-

A fear in my throat,

To finally know

It's you that I dote?

 

Can you see me stutter

To say the words,

But thinking I can't

When it'll only hurt?

 

Can you see the way

I cry inside,

To bite my tongue

And bide my time?

 

Can you see the excuses

I always make

Just to get close

To heal this ache?

 

Can you see the smiles

I try to hide,

So worried one day

That you may find?

 

Can you see the tears

I want to cry

When the time has come

I don't have to lie?

 

Can you see the smile

On my lips

When you speak those words

And I feel such bliss?

 

Can you see the way

I held on so long,

To know my feelings

Would not be wrong?

 

Can you see the way

I feel for you?

That this love I have

Is forever true?

 

Can you see the joy

Within my eyes-

Hoping, pleading,

Our love never dies?