So This Is The New Year, & I Don't Feel Any Different.

Nothin says love me like ignore me.
I'm hanging on every.
single.
word.
that escapes your lips and gets
wedged in my subconscious
stirring thoughts of what-if's and how-to's
keeping up with my fiction is a dangerous mission
playing for keeps, no remainders
reminding me of how far we've come
but we're still
so
young

I wish you could reach in and pull
from the deep recesses of my imagination
See what I've been feeling all along
Woven not reciprocated one sided impossible love
I'm challenged with the notion of how to approach this
without sounding like I did so long ago
Pushing for what I want without thought to what lies ahead
Without concern of what would be awakened
In your head

So I'll wait.
Welcome to the cards I have showing
I'll keep a few waiting in the wings
Maybe someday you'll see