The world was fused
under eruption of
fireworks.


You broke through
my defences with
the softness of a smile,
a downward glance.


My heart stopped here -
beat...
        beat...
               falter -
                     and in the instant
of miscommunicating voices,
I caught your eye
and heard oceans.


We sensed mutual weakness;
attraction hidden beneath
the blush of cheeks,
sweaty palms.


But these moments were 

severed.


We were torn
without a whisper
of reason...


I awoke 
to the guilt
of silence