The School Dance
- I’ve always known that
- things come down
- to time and circumstance,
- and with you,
- I’ve always hoped that
- they’d align,
- so I wouldn’t have
- to imagine…
- a world where I can’t love you…
- a world where I can’t love you.
- sometimes the words we
- think most kind
- can be the ones that wound.
- ones like friend…
- can make me yearn for
- something more…
- for something better than
- a life in…
- a world where I can’t love you…
- a world where I can’t love you.
- three years ago,
- when I found you
- in that late-night room,
- something felt sure—
- something I wanted to
- hold on to.
- was it a trick of light
- that it fell away?
- no, having hope’s no
- guarantee
- that anything ever comes,
- and as for me,
- I guess it’s best I
- bide my time,
- waiting patiently
- to escape from…
- a world where I can’t love you…
- a world where I can’t love you.
©2002, taj.