Wallflower

Wallflower

Flecks of careless hair

adorn her face.

 

Across the room

there is a boy,

 

shy but bold

enough.

 

He clings to life

with both hands,

 

fear of slipping,

of tumbling

to earth,

leaves him

paralysed with fear.

 

So he stands

and watches.

 

And so she waits.

 

09/01/17

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it is amazing how we can want someone so badly, and yet be that paralyzed that we just can't make a move...i love your lines "He clings to life/ with both hands"---shows just how exaggerated his fear is...

j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Most of us have been there and know the scene well. Thank you Jacob.

[lua]

simple, sweet and innocent

[John Alexander McFadyen]

All too common though. Many thanks Lua