In My Mind

I try so hard to meet your gaze
But to you it's like I'm not even there.
I don't really think you notice me,
Or even notice my gentle stare.
I've been watching you,
Every time you're around me.
Either you're just pretending,
Or you really can't see.

But now since we danced
I can't get you off my mind.
I can't sleep any more
And I think of you all the time.
Yet it might just be easier
If I didn't exist.
But you've got me trapped dear
Though I writhe and I twist.

You make me feel a way I've never felt,
A strange tingly pleasant feeling.
I didn't even know I had a heart,
But you found it deep inside me.
I had locked it, thought to keep it safe.
Buried it, hidden it, far away.
It was hurting and painful and broken and chafed,
But you simply touched it and all that was gone.

Maybe I should stop
But I really don't want to.
There are so many words
To be said about you.
Though the hour grows late,
There's a thought in the night.
A thought that keeps me awake.
This thought hurts and burns with fierce light.
A memory of what you said to me.