Don’t look into my eyes that way! <br />Don’t look even though <br />we might have something <br />we really ought to say. <br />Even just in passing, <br />don’t look as we go along the sidewalk. <br />Don’t say 'good morning' <br />as you pass me by. <br /> <br />Perhaps my stare will freeze you? <br />Or my words like a spell, <br />they could deceive you? <br />Be careful! Who am I? <br />Perhaps not really who you think you see. <br />Even some kind of spy <br />from some secret agency. <br /> <br />No your right! Stay in your box <br />thinking of an epilogue. <br />What you would say to me <br />if we ever met <br />and with no time to say hello <br />you just said goodbye <br />as we both were passing by. <br /> <br />On the sidewalk, eyes not meeting, <br />just a reluctant mumbled greeting, <br />a speech so very fleeting. <br />Just in case, heaven forbid <br />we might notice that inside <br />is a person, trying not to hide.<br /><br />David Taylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/look-9/
