I brushed the hair back from my face
To stare at what had just arrived
From a knock I did not expect
A vision newly revived.
Your eyes gazed down at me
As my face leaned against the frame
The door hid my body
My heart I could not tame.
What was happening
I was to leave the next day
With you here how could I prepare
For going away?
The day before was supposed to end
This dangerous game we played
Goodbye had felt so hard
These feelings I hoped would fade.
As you began to speak
I could only watch your lips
As the hallway light flashed on your skin
Like tiny vicious whips.
I could see you were a bit shy
Your flushed grin revealed it all
And yet I spent what felt like ages
Simply staring, a frozen doll.
Can I have a moment
That unspoken question you asked
My defenses were stripped
I was left unmasked.
I thought the night before
Would be the very last
Our paths would not cross again
You'd stay safely in the past.
I was too young
You much too strong
We were simply too different
It was all so wrong.
Yet you decided otherwise
And now brought a gift as well
Your kindness overwhelmed me
How could I say farewell?
That door opened wider
You saw my confusion, my heart
You stepped in closer
Defying fate's choice to have us part.
To you I was intoxicating
A mix of innocence and sin
That mysterious foreign creature
So unlike your native kin.
My stories intrigued you
In your thoughts I would dwell
Yet I too was affected
Hopelessly under your spell.
As our voices began to rise
I couldn't help but smile
I knew you were trouble
Yet for safety I dared not dial.
I laugh, you edge closer
Your brown hair glinting specks of gold
My breath caught, I couldn't look away
I wish you weren't so bold.
Your brilliant mind and haunting eyes
Left me utterly, inescapably weak
My odds for evading a broken heart
I knew at that moment were bleak.
So that final night I cradle my pillow
In the place that’s captured my love
The open window reveals that library
Our beginning, a clock tower I’ll one day write of.
Goodbye, summer love
I whisper tenderly to the clock
I’ll never forget
That last time knock.
