Passing Strangers

I saw you once, across the room, A fleeting smile, a quiet bloom. You danced in light, I stayed in shade, A passing dream that wouldn’t fade. Your eyes were lost in someone new, While I was stuck just watching you. The songs you played, I knew them all, But you were somewhere I couldn’t call. I followed steps you didn’t take, A heart so full, a gentle ache. We passed like strangers in the night, Two lines that never could unite. I’ll disappear, you’ll never see, The things I thought we’d come to be. A ghost that haunts a memory’s tune, A love that left too soon, too soon.