Just A Brief Encounter

I stare at you from across the room

hoping I can summon up the courage

to speak words that could

turn into conversations

you glance around

and finally catch my stare

I feel the heat of

my spinning heart beat

maybe you feel it to

the way we both a take in a sharp breath

almost as if we’re

sharing air

come over

my mind calls to yours

I will you to get up

finally you start to stand

and I feel something like hope

flutter in my chest

you smile at me and

I start to open my mouth

but no-

you’re leaving

wait

come back

these lingering syllables

stay in my mind

waiting for just another

brief encounter