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Behind

She slowed down

So that he would walk right past her.

If the yellow duck on her wallet

Could just speak for itself

It would have screamed of pain

As she tighted her grip on it,

Just as her chest squeezed her heart shut

So that its heartbeats would be muffled,

Masking its passion for the existence of one

Who never must find out the truth;

So behind indifference, she hides.

As he continued trodding forward,

She stared at his wide back

And tall figure that cast looming shadows.

She secretly wished that at this height of his,

He wouldn't manage to steal a peek

Right into her very soul.

That is where she belongs:

Walking in silence

Behind the man she adores,

And just like air that's so natural,

Nobody will take notice.