Backing Away

Those things in life...
Things we cannot have
But want with a passion,
So fierce it's condemning.
When right next to you,
You think all you would have to do
Is reach out and make a move.
But then as your about to do so
You stop.
Knowing that won't work.
So you pull back,
Afraid you've been seen,
Yet also wishing you were.
So that she might know,
And maybe think about you once.
Or twice.
Backing away
All you think,
Is why didn't I?
I should have.
So you go on,
Trying to let it go.
But never able to.
Living your life
Day to day,
Letting it gnaw you away.