WHY CAN'T I SPEAK


Does she see me

Or am I a shadow

A faint memory of what might be

I watch her walk

I want to approach her

But how, when she is

So very beautiful

It seems she is with another

There quietly she looks at me

And smiles, knowing she has caught me

I try to smile back

It is impish I know

If only I could find words

To match her

Hello is all I could muster

It will have to do for now

I will dream of her

Sitting with me and talking

Maybe someday it will be real

Does she see me


Michael V Hechtman