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hiding in plain sight

they talk
not every day but often enough
about all the usual
life and death
love and heartache
nature and  nurture
plumbing the philosophical questions
that plague us all

they never overstep a boundary
that line so easily crossed
between a woman and a man
just great friends
so much alike
even their birthdays nearly match
 
he doesn't see it
she knows he could be the one
and as much as she’d like to
never points out what’s obvious
to all but him

she harnesses the words
trembling on her tongue
captive butterflies
never to be released
unless by some miraculous colligation
the lightbulb in his heart
comes on

she’s standing right in front of him
the woman he could love
will it ever happen
or is this another case
of missing forest for the trees?

© 2014 RC deWinter
Published in Page & Spine
Issue 18 July 2020
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