I see you in the crowd Our eyes meet I turn aside Longing to reach my heart's barred Each step a heavy stride Your smile cuts deep inside Sweet stirring a painful tide Words for you stuck in my throat Alone I dare to mumble low At night I stare at my phone Typing deleting all alone Scared to bother be found out This love must stay out of sight Passing by our old haunts Memories flood my heart flaunts Pretending calm faking might But yearning grows day and night This repressed love an undercurrent surging Churning in my heart impossible to purge Deep in love yet I must conceal In the dark I grieve full of unease This repressed love an endless wait For a future that won't materialize Keeping this secret as time flies This love a lifelong price I pay I've dreamed of holding you tight But reality keeps me out of sight Tears well up threatening to tell This love fated to just a wish As the story closes love stays in the dark This voiceless love with none to impart Starting a journey burdened with pain This repressed love a lesson I retain