deepcems

[deepcems]

Almost Close Enough (When You’re Crushing But He’s With Someone Else)

I see you from across the room, a spark I can’t deny,

But you’re with someone else, and I’m just passing by.

A glance, a smile, a fleeting gaze,

But I know my heart’s caught in a maze.

You’re close enough to wish, but far enough to miss,

Stuck in the space between reality and bliss.

I watch as laughter lights your face,

In someone else’s sweet embrace.

You’re happy, and that’s what counts, or so I tell my mind,

Still, there’s a part of me that aches, quiet yet unkind.

For in another world, or another time,

You’d be just a little more… mine.

So I’ll cheer for you from a shadowed place,

Holding my feelings with quiet grace,

For sometimes love is the art of letting go,

Of keeping close the joy you’ll never know.

[deepcems]

Taken Twice, Left Alone (Crushing On Two Coworkers Who Are Taken)

Two smiles I pursue amid the shifts and toil,

Colleagues by day, but in my thoughts they spoil.

They represent more, a hidden ache,

A quiet yearning I can’t seem to shake.

Their gazes meet mine, yet they're not the same,

Each one is bound to another name.

They share laughter and chatter, unaware,

Of the feelings I conceal, the silent despair.

I languish in silence, day after day,

As their partners pull them further away.

I’m caught in a web of what-ifs and dreams,

Where only sorrow blooms, or so it seems.

Two affections, both claimed, just out of reach,

Yet here I linger, amidst work, in breach.

I clock in, smile bright, and play my role,

But can’t escape the ache in my soul.