Just Another Romantic

I look for you
In crowded streets
And empty theaters,
Traveling trains
And bus stations,
Hoping I’d find you
Like someone who
Might chance upon
A forgotten marble
Or a lost coin.

I see you often
In song lyrics
Played over again
On sleepless nights,
And on the edges
Of fading dreams
I try to hold on to
In the morning,
But I can never quite
Make out your face.

I wonder how you
Could have been
One of those strangers
Passing by me,
And dream about
How we would
Discover much later
That a long time ago
We almost met
For the first time.

Sometimes I imagine
I see you in
People I know
When they tell me
Stories they never
Told anybody else
Or how they would
Hate to see me go
But maybe they really
Were just being nice.

I look for you
In the dark places
Where I hide
My demons away,
Hoping one day
I would come
To find you already
Learned their names
While I’ve given up
All this waiting.