“Eye to Eye”

My eyes caught you in passing..Something overwhelmed me, in passing,And I stood there, like a “second”..Among the people coming and going..

You were walking and I was watching you,On the straight path in that park,Something made you stumble and, supposedly,You cast your gaze, all around..

I set off like the wind, I caught up to you,And my tongue was tied by those eyes..I walked a few steps beside you,“I lost myself in those steps with you”..

You stopped, I stopped, silence,Amidst the noise all around,I looked at you, and you looked at me,Among the colourful flowers in the park..

My voice vanished among the colours,And my heart went out to you,The setting, among hundreds of faces,Did not distract my eyes at all..

Thirsty, they gazed only at you,But the words were missing, damn it,I felt that they were going to tear up,And I couldn’t, I just couldn’t look away.

Drowning in emotions like that,With my feelings lined up in a row…I mumbled something, suddenly..And you asked me to be quiet…

You told me to be quiet! I didn’t speak.I stayed silent, looking at you,How useless words seem to be,In conversations “eye to eye”…!