When I wasn't Looking

I saw you poised
... subject in a painting
... in a gallery

Then I met you,
... in a room
... when I wasn't looking

Felt like something more
... chance of meeting
... should've left it there

'Rebelled against
... better judgment
... got to know you more:

As you wanted the elder life
while retreated in your youth.



Patrick Darnell (1978)