Chrysomallus (Footsteps)

It was 23rd of October

When I first saw you

Nothing I could find

Since there’s someone else in mind

Months flew by

And we keep standing side by side

Until one day

I was so sure that

I might have been wrong

That I was so strong

Of how I could stand and sit there

Without talking to you

But it seemed like, no

There are butterflies

As my sweat rolled down

As I hear your laugh

Echoing the space inside

Carving the beam across my face

As I hear your footsteps fade away

Day by day went by I noticed a change inside

As I was made sure of that

Bright light I saw through your eyes

I kept giving and giving

Without receiving

But I’m not expecting,

Stealing glances but

I might have been wrong

That I was so strong

Of how I could stand and sit there

Without talking to you

But it seemed like, no

There are butterflies

As my sweat rolled down

As I hear your laugh

Echoing the space inside

Carving the beam across my face

As I hear your footsteps fade away

29th of January

It began when you said you’d come back

And that failed "reroute"

Your short pants it's 3 AM

As the day finally came

I waited five hours long

Remember when you misnamed the menu?

But now it's empty space between us two

But yet, still,

There are butterflies

As my sweat rolled down

As I hear your laugh

Echoing the space inside

Carving the beam across my face

As I hear your footsteps fade away

And as the clock ticks to end

All I ever wanted to say

That it’s great to meet you

For I don’t have the time to know you.

And how I wished we can be more than then.