Looking Back

I am in awe of her beauty, a laugh that lights a room, a presence that can't be ignored. I am caught and can't escape. She is out of my reach, a space between us. I want to talk and get close but no, there is no chance. I can't get near She is more than me, I am nothing to her. I can't get close, a canyon grows I retreat from the edge until I burst and shout at how I am hooked But I am an unthinking fool, and now the chasm is too big to cross. She's on one side looking away. I on the other looking back.