Wandering Connections

Have you ever sat in a darkened room, the low bar lights and dance floor strobes the only light you see?
Have you ever found your focus drawn, like a moth to flame, one sole quest, one small hope…

That her eyes will catch yours.

You spend the night, forsaking the crowd.
You spend the night, ignoring the show.
You spend the night, sitting there alone.

The people swirl and the action happens but none of that holds your gaze.
Perhaps a brief interlude takes you there, a flicker of a glance pulls you here.
But you let your normal go, you bide your time, even as your mind always come back daring to hope…

That her eyes will catch yours.

You find tonight the flame you follow burns not with the crowd, not with the show,
But with a wish you know will never happen…

That her eyes will catch yours.

You watch the way she moves and acts, when she smiles content, when she frowns in concentration.
You map the way the world moves around her and the way she commands the world
You study details, drinking them in knowing the true purpose of your actions tonight
You will substitute her for another connecting to another unfulfilled hope.
You watch as the crowd is drawn to the others on stage, the other shows playing round you, but for you all that you can think of…

Will her eyes ever catch yours?

Word games are touchy things to play
Words twist and turn and bind
A comma here, did you mean can or may
Meanings hanging in an unfeeling space
Interpretations left to the soul and mind
As online, those typed letters set the pace

And you hope and dare that the combination you hit
That the twists you make, the turns you create
Are the ones that if that day ever comes
When you dare say what you feel, your true trait
If you let your fingers type those words
If you drop the play and double meanings

So the hopes that always echo in the wilds of your mind are freed
Maybe she'll say yes
Maybe she'll agree for once to take the trip you offer
And then you will finally be able to sigh
And raise your head high

As her eyes can finally meet yours