Gulp!

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I wonder aloud where others can’t listen,

so I can keep all my thoughts in a row

About a girl who is up on the fourth floor,

a heaven-sent beauty that I’d like to know

 

Merely a daydream, for I am nobody,

least not the kind that she’d ever see

Sort of a nerd and not very handsome,

down in the mailroom, just little old me

 

But I can’t help it, I find her amazing,

hair chocolate brown and lips rosy pink

And when she smiles my heart goes a flutter,

I start feeling faint or close to the brink

 

I’m just afraid, if she says something to me,

gives me a nod or knows I am there

I’d merely mumble and do something stupid,

frozen in fear, just stand there and stare

 

Then I would shiver,  really start sweating,

act like a dork, well that’s nothing new

She is an angel and I am a loser,

so I shouldn’t worry, that will not come true

 

Time to get busy, the minutes are passing,

I’m on a schedule and I better start

I straighten my tie, my pocket protector,

sort through the mail and load up my cart

 

Start my deliveries, I do them in order

The closer I get, more nervous I feel

I try to be cool but that isn’t working,

my pulse it is racing, that I can’t conceal

 

I’m almost finished, just hers are remaining

Now at her office, I step in real slow

Set down the mail, I don’t want to disturb her,

when she looks up and then says “hello…”

 

Gulp!

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Delightful narration here will. A most relatable piece. Yes a whole lot of courage is needed when that gulp comes. Works the other way round too. I had crushes like that years ago. Have a lovely day.

Chris

[willweb]

Thanks so very much Chris. Just having a little fun and looking back on the good old days.

[John the Baptist]

Gametime, boyo. I just hope she can't read your mind.

[willweb]

Yeah, me too. : )

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Love the ending...reminds me of a crush I had in grade school...Judy was her name.
I loved her from afar. We were in the same class...and I wanted to talk to her but never had the nerve.
And if she said Hi to me...My response was nothing more than a gulp as well.
We had a reunion and I hoped to see her there so we might have a laugh over it...But she passed from cancer before the reunion and I never got that chance...Gulp!

[willweb]

That's too bad, there are a few from my school days I would like to see again just to see but...I haven't made a reunion yet and not sure I ever will. Thanks my friend.

[Lorry]

Ah, those gulps that feel similar to swallowing a pineapple in one! I know them well.
It is a two way street though. I always find talking to really beautiful women a lot easier than just your run of the mill hotties. Just don't try to hit on them and talk about nonsense everyday stuff, and then go away hoping she's just dying for a bit of humdrum. I hear they are human after all, despite not being in the same league. Sometimes they ain't even in the same sport, but hey ho, they are mostly always human 😊

[willweb]

Oh, you are right and they really don't mind a bit of hum-drum every now and then. Though romance works a whole lot better and money, but...

[Lorry]

... There's always a but. 😊

[Soyam]

Oohh!!! I like the story,. That boy might be too nervous ;(

All the best for the next time you visit that holy angel, boy!

Clever work!

[willweb]

Thank you so very much, I appreciate your kind words.