In a sea of a loud crowd
in which I walk through,
I hear the boring footsteps
from the slouching ones;
gasping heavily for air.
And then, there are groups
of school girls gossiping,
as they make an insufferable noise
still, they hear everything from everyone.
And a bunch of peculiar words
spoken to be unspoken.
On the other hand are words
fathomed into something to be heard.
Some girls look at me as I walk by,
as they whisper through
their lipglossed lips
and sharp tongues.
Some girls say they stop caring
but, secretly still and
secretly wanting themselves to be healed.
And then, I think of you
but, they wouldn't know;
they wouldn't know because
I wouldn't show.
And so, I stop walking
and start waiting
for a prize
for waiting so long.
Finally, someone said that
something becomes a habit
because of consistency.
And so, I thought that
I've been consistently
thinking about you lately.
Even through such noise,
my thought of you is louder.