now it's your turn

you've stood there

with your boom-box blasting 'in your eyes'

but i stay still

my cave still sealed shut

i didn't budge

you've sent love letters

quoting shakespeare and emily dickinson

but i pushed you away

at times i looked over my window

just to find out you're still there

still smiling back at me

and then you disappeared

sometime too long

but somehow

you came back

after all the bitterness i gave you

with dragon bites all over

you came back

yet i remained unmoved

still stubbornly sealing shuts

all entrance to the cave

but now, it's me

who stood out here

outside your house

holding out the boom-box

blasting out 'in your eyes'

it's me

looking at your window

hoping you peer out

so i can give you a smile

because, after all these years

i finally realized

it's you!

it's always you!

but i've been silent too long

and you're tired

but i'm still here

with my boom-box blasting 'in your eyes'

with my own words

saying how do i love thee

hoping that you'll take a chance with me