What I Mean to Say
​I’ll never see the way you see
I’ll never feel the way you feel
But I do know
That I like you
Or maybe what I mean to say
Is that I love you
You can tell me anything
Or say nothing at all
Whatever
It doesn’t really matter
Because in the end
I only know that
You may never see the way I see
Or feel the way I feel
But that’s okay because I’m used to it
I’ll get over it, again
-Allison Jane Gonsalves
Pastime
Wasn’t it nice
Back when we
Were strangers
Didn’t know
Or perhaps didn’t care
About each other’s existence
But then
You came into my life
Practically unannounced
So, I guess now
I’ll have to care
About you
I suppose on the bright side
It gives me something to do
Besides reading books all the time
-Allison Jane Gonsalves
Closer to You
I waited my whole life
To come back to you
Now that the end is in sight
I’m not sure if I’m ready
To see your face again
Stars in the distance
Under the same illuminated sky
You sleep peacefully
While I dream whimsically
One night closer to you
A part of me died that night
That evening when I first saw you
And now,
I’m waiting
For a resurrection
In the meantime,
I feel you, I see you
I dream you, I believe in you
Your image, so still
For what seems an eternity
Someday soon
I’ll come closer to you, again
God knows, I waited
My whole life
To come back to you
-Allison Jane Gonsalves