Eyes

I catch your eye across a crowded room
And smile, and I see you smiling too
While looking right at me. Life seems to zoom
Down to that single moment, and that view,
An instant of observing only you,
As if the world were empty. Then you turn
Away, and I do not know what to do
Until your eyes are back on me, and burn
Again into my soul. Do I discern
A similar reaction in your gaze
As you can see in mine? I'd love to learn
The truth, but doubt I will, for in a daze
I cannot speak to you. But you still smile;
If you are waiting, this might take a while.