I can barely say hi
and I'm already trembling.
Words confusing in my mind,
feeling and sensations
and I forget.
Would like to tell you more,
but do you really care?
Would like to look straight to your eyes,
but I'm scared and I turn my face.
So you go after a while,
my hopes fall,
and it's just like I'm dying.

© 2001. Published on the audiobook The Sound of Poetry (2002) and in the anthology of Poetry.com 2002.