Across Empty Rooms

(Written September 23, 2007, at age 20.)

across empty rooms
you sit
indifferent
to my faceless expressions.
engrossed
in a world
so much your own.
i am a stranger.

across empty rooms
you (don't) speak
to me
through the clattering of your keyboard.
your conversation
with someone else.
i am an outsider.

across empty rooms
i pretend
to be just as unaware.

across empty rooms
i try
not to wish
(for more).

across empty rooms
i fear
the echo of my pounding heart will be heard.

somehow,
across empty rooms
i want you to want me more.

my eyes fill with more than they see,
somehow,
across empty rooms.