Love in the Shadows

On the first day, the deck was dealt,

Fate brushed your path into mine—

A corner of my heart unlocked itself,

Its final piece began to align.

My soul lit up when your lips were kissed,

Not by me, yet I felt the spark—

A stranger's touch, yet I found my home

In the cradle of your guarded heart.

You said, “I’m not yours,” and looked away,

The ground beneath me gave way fast.

Dreams dissolved in shattered hope,

While I clung to shadows of the past.

“Let’s be friends,” you softly spoke—

“But why?” I cried, “You don’t like me!”

You smiled, agreed, and somehow still,

We fused like bonds in chemistry.

At night, when love came into view,

Your face would quietly appear—

Is it sin, to feel this pull,

To hold you close while keeping clear?

I’ve grown to crave the silent threads—

The love, the banter, the broken air,

Even when you're never mine,

You're always, somehow, everywhere.

I question stars, the moon, the skies,

“Why tease with what can never stay?”

To give a man a taste of love,

Then cruelly snatch it all away.

If love’s a curse, then lift it now,

Strip it from my breath, my bones—

Or make it mine, in full and fire,

In soul, in flesh, in heart, alone.

Give me the love that bears my name—

Wholly, willfully, unashamed.

-Moonshines