Do Not Speak

I spent a whole afternoon

Roaming about the library

Just to catch a glimpse

Of your beautiful face engrossed in some book.

Oh, how I wanted to tell you how I feel

Right there and then

Yet I waited.

I followed you around the next day too

Hoping this time you'd notice me

How I'd introduce myself

Coyly pass off a compliment or two

About your smile.

But alas, you seemed to like the novel more than reality

And so I waited.

It was raining the first time we met 

You hadn't come

Disappointed, I went inside

To pass the time and read what you were reading

But as I sat down, you came too 

And sat beside me; your eyes sparkling

Reminiscing 

As they noticed the book in my hands.

And though the 'Do Not Speak' sign hung prominently behind you

Our shared silence was certainly louder than any words.