Too Much Hope

Sucker

to my emotions

Slave

to my anxieties

A romantic

unable to look

into those beautiful eyes

of a possible future

Instead I fumble

with my sometimes fragile ego

Looking for signs

of distance

of fear

or the more common

misunderstanding of my intentions

which I never realize

until it's too late

Age has improved my successes

But where there's attraction

there's doubt

fear

and a little too much hope