Shadow girl

Looking for that special someone in all the wrong places

She hides at the edge of my eye,
At the very corner, deep in the shadows.
Afraid to come closer, might I see her
But near enough to ensure a glimpse.

Is this a tease?
Or is it insecurity?
Why does she hide?
How does she move so swiftly?

I have never followed her,
For fear of finding nothing.
Only for her to dwell in my mind
For hours at a time,
Filling me with confusing thoughts.

Only in dreams have I seen her face.
In slumber I have heard her voice.
In my bed I have felt only her touch.
Only in my secret world has she truly been mine.

Is it love?
The flicker in my eye seems so lovely,
A dream I can rarely glimpse at.
A dark bolt of lightening
That strikes such a deep enchantment in my heart.

As I stood at a bar,
Was that you in that distant booth?
Smiling through the smoke,
Only to hide when it lifted?

As I walked home, swaying with unsure thoughts,
Was that you I felt following?
By the moon light I heard you with every rustle,
I felt sure it was your breath, on the wind.
Was it your gaze that burned in me?