Love and be silent

What scares me is the fear that you’ll say no

(When it comes to rejection, I’m a mess),

So all I feel inside I never show.

What gives me hope is that you’ll laugh and go:

“I’ve dreamed for years of sharing your address!”

What scares me is the fear that you’ll say no.

Courage cries: “Take the risk—that way you’ll know!”

Cowardice coos: “It’s safer if you guess.”

So all I feel inside I never show.

Dice come up snake eyes every time I throw.

(I’ll always find a way to thwart success.)

What scares me is the fear that you’ll say no.

My heart avoids decisions like a pro—

Its fallback move is to be motionless—

So all I feel inside I never show.

The thought of you is worse than vertigo—

What scares me is the hope that you’ll say yes;

What scares me is the fear that you’ll say no—

So all I feel inside I never show.

Copyright 2013 Matthew J Wells