I Don't Know

I Don’t Know

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

I see a smile

It sits on the boom half of a beautiful face

Distracting from deep brown eyes

What’s your name?

Cat has my tongue

Surrounded by familiar faces

A door is opened

I trip over my own feet

Feeling ashamed

Overthrown by your beauty

Grasping at strings

Trying to find a way to get your attention

Failing miserably

Time is running out

Opportunity knocks

Slipping from my grasp

I can’t hold your attention

I slink away

Beaten by my own mind

Hoping for a second chance

Another random encounter

It’ll probably never happen

I hope it does

Maybe

Will you see me?

Can you say my name?

Only time will tell

Don't Tell Me

Don’t Tell Me

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

Wait, wait don’t tell me

That right has been forfeited

What am I holding on to?

Nothing

Zilch

Nadda

You can’t tell me to let go

Those words fall on deaf ears

The quiet hours before the sun sets

And before the sun rises

Those are the hardest

It makes me laugh with tears in my eyes

You never can tell

The random thoughts and feelings that stay

The random thoughts and feeling that fade

Wait, wait don’t tell me

Your words don’t have the power to travel this far

You can’t tell me to move on

You don’t have the right

Wait, wait don’t tell me

I still care about you

I can’t stop

I won’t stop

Wait, wait don’t tell me

You have someone new

Am I not supposed to be happy for you?

Is that supposed to flip the mythical switch?

Is that the mind eraser?

Wait, wait don’t tell me