My Secret in Silence

You came into my life

Quietly, simply, placidly

And my words stood still...

I couldn't express in words

Or even in simple gestures

The secret I kept in my heart.

So I loved in silence,

Admired you from a distance,

Dreamt of you from afar.

I wanted to say I love you...

I wanted to say I care.

But cowardly, maybe, you'll only laugh at me.

In silence then I will love you...

In silence then I will care...

by Lorelei Pablo

~Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship, 2002~