09-01 Other People

I sat in the car trying to tell you,
you don't love me,
you don't love me,
you don't know how,
you don't love me,
you don't,
when really I wanted to tell you-

how could you?

How could you know,
the day was spent watching-

other people

smile at each other,
look at each other,
whisper to each other,
in a way no one has,
smiled at me,
looked at me,
whispered to me,
and I wanted to be-
you and me as

other people,

smiling at each other,
looking at each other,
whispering to each other,
instead it was,

only me,

smiling at them,
looking at them,
whispering to myself,
wanting them to-

look at me,

so I texted you,
asked you to dance,
asked you to come by,
asked you to look at me,
but
you said- no.

So I couldn't-

smile at you,
look at you,
whisper to you,
like-

other people,

you told me,
it's okay,
we're new,
we are not-

other people

we don't know how,
to smile at each other,
look at each other,
whisper to each other,
but what I heard
was-

gay.


How could you know?