I Watched

I watched him say "I love you"

Didn't look like love to me

Looked like anger or repression

Or maybe jealousy.

I watched her say "I love you too"

But I don't think she felt it

Or maybe it was the fear in her eyes

A scaredness she couldn't quit.

I watched them board the train

A strange distance in their gait

It was like she wanted to make a decision

But needed him, would wait

For him to let her go ahead, to give her his permission

The way she caved and fell to him

A child being told to listen. 

The train doors closed and they were gone

I watched it speed away

But I can't forget the fear in her eyes

Even to this day

I read once that love is just love

People confuse it with the hate

That comes from the other things, like 

Fear, possession, 

They think that that's their fate.

I wish I could've stopped them, or told her I understood it all

But I simply watched and stared

Until my train was called.