I would like to remain

Anonymous.

I would like to remain

In the shadows.

Unseen.

I’d like to stay

In your imagination.

Where you can idolise me.

Where you can romanticise

The idea of me and you.

I’d like to remain

The girl next door.

The one who fumbles in your presence,

Whose eyes glow up when you speak.

I’d like to remain

In your heart.

Forever.

Where I will be immortalised,

And revered.

Where I won’t go unappreciated,

Just as this poem will

Because it doesn’t rhyme.

I’m sorry,

I’m rambling.

I’d like to stay by your side,

Maybe until tomorrow?

Maybe until the day after,

Maybe until the year after?

I’d like…

To be yours.