Platonic Poem by Mhawi Rosero

leafing through yellow pages
rummaging through dusty memories
a life that has never changed
a love that has never existed

unrequited?
unsaid?
just afraid…

through yellow pages that were not sent
through dusty memories you never had
a life given to someone else
a love that you regretfully hid

painful?
haunted?
just afraid…

a love so longfully kept
a friendship harmoniously nourished
perhaps, i’m just afraid…