WHERE SOUND DOES NOT ECHO

MY AFFECTIONS MAY NOT BE EVIDENT BUT I ASSURE YOU, THEY ARE CONSTANT AND UNNERRING. YOU DO NOT NEED TO ALWAYS SEE THE SUN TO KNOW THAT IT IS IN THE SKY. MY DEVOTION TO YOU IS OF THE SAME LEVEL, CONSISTENT AND UNQUESTIONING, THOUGH YOU ARE OBLIVIOUS, THOUGH YOU ARE INDIFFERENT, THOUGH YOU MAY NOT CARE.

YOU HELD MY HAND IN THAT WAY YOU ALWAYS DO, WITHOUT ANY MEANING, WITHOUT MALICE. MY HEART WOULD FLUTTER AS IF I WAS ON THE EDGE A PRECIPICE, ONE THAT IS FULL OF WHAT IF'S, MAYBE'S AND COULD HAVE BEEN'S. YOU DO NOT SENSE MY HEART THOUGH, NOT IN THAT FLEETING TOUCH. YOU, WHO HASN'T FELT ANYTHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, YOU, WHO HAVE SHUNNED THOSE WHO LOOK AT YOU WITH MY EYES.

I HAVE ALWAYS WISHED THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE WOULD HAPPEN, THAT LIGHTNING WOULD STRIKE. I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED THAT YOU, MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER, WOULD ONE DAY SEE THROUGH MY PRETENSE, THROUGH THE MAYA. WHY DO YOU NOT CATCH MY TELLTALE GLANCES? IF YOU MUST KNOW, I ALWAYS GUIDE YOUR STEPS WITH MY SIGHT.

I HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD BECOME ECHO, AND YOU, MY NARCISSUS, FOREVER A TALE OF DESPAIR, OF TRAGEDY. I AM AWARE THAT IT COULD NEVER BE OTHERWISE, WHEREIN THE AFFECTION WOULD BE RETURNED, NOT IGNORED. HOWEVER, I DO NOT THINK YOU WILL EVER SEE ME AS I AM, YOUR ETERNAL SLAVE, DAMNED TO FOREVER STAY OUTSIDE THE VICINITY OF YOUR REGARD.