Unavailable

Under the ‘guise of ‘Unavailable’
never able to take that chance,
‘Are you his girlfriend’?
very easy to misread; 
always there, his strong side;
Invisible, adoring silence; 
Lighting up the room because she’s lit up,
Always because of him;
Barely seen but always felt, 
left to her own devices she’d admit it;
Each moment? She remembers; 
Energy lent so he feels what she does, 
love so strong it fills up the room;
Bystanders and strangers smile and laugh 
as they tip that tip jar; 
Leaving her to lead the charge,
It’s lost to him; 
All of the reasons she’s always there 
very easy to deny;
All of times he has unknowingly saved her,
not willing to risk her reason for breathing; 
Under the ‘guise of ‘Unavailable’.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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