IF ONLY YOU KNEW

IF ONLY YOU KNEW I could have made you happy I know I could But you never knew. You didn’t see the love shining from my eyes Bathing you in an iridescent glow. You knew nothing of my heart Pounding whenever I beheld you. Never held you - yearned to hold you Never told you - never dared. You weren’t for the likes of me. If I close my eyes, I can see you now; Just as you were. Hazel eyes in elfin face And more freckles then the milky way has stars. I would have kissed them, every one; One by one Throughout the night until the morning sun appeared. I never learned how far they went - those freckles. If only I’d told you