They sat across from each other
The little girl and the scared boy
One more quiet
The other making up for the silence

They sat with their eyes dancing around
Each other’s mouths
Longing to taste
A small slice of heaven

They sat speaking of things
Neither of them
Absorbed by the words themselves
The spirit of something hanging

She looked lost as she laughed
Don’t worry I’m great
He tried to tell her he’d found some peace
Even while he worried

They sat across from each other
Saying what they could
When all they wanted was to hold the other
In love and warmth through pain

She left him then in a tiny wave
He held it for a while
Turned his heart and said goodbye
As he watched her walk away

Why is it so hard to tell
Those you love you love them
How hurt are we to close up
To not allow for possible gain?

And even through the glances
Of what might have been
Of what could have happened
There will be many more of
Them sitting across from each other
With no more no less
Than those same moments

Dubai Nov 2018