Poem: The only word I can say

Beautiful she is, lovely, she is. And I can only smile whenever her eyes meet mine. A word I could say? Nope.

A love letter I’d write? Nope. But can I pretend not to notice her beauty without ever mentioning her name?  Nope, I can’t. But how would I tell her?

For what if I do, she thinks I mean something serious? Well, yes, I do. But how can I say that  when everything about me is chaos?

Would she be the missing piece, the quiet in my noise,  the part of me that somehow makes me whole? I don’t know.

God, I wish I knew. But somehow, I always seem to lack  the words whenever I need them most.

“Yes, I do.”

That’s the only thing I can say out loud.

Yes, I do admire her.

Yes, I do think about her.  Yes, I do wonder what it would be like  to have her close.But these are things I wouldn’t want to last only for a moment.

Loving the thought of her  is what makes me smile.

But then again,  am I ready?

Am I ready to let someone see the chaos I’ve spent so long hiding?

And if she ever chooses to stay,  will I know how to let her?

I wish I knew. But for now,  there’s a smile whenever she looks at me,  a thousand words I cannot say,  and just two that keep finding their way out: Yes, I do.

Poet: Elkana Kuhenga

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Mail: elkana.kuhenga@gmail.com