He seems to like you, her friends tease,
He sings praises of her, promising her the moon,
A lovestruck hopeless romantic, dying for her validation,
Whole world seems to know about his feelings,
Except her, everyone seems to accept their union,
Unknown to her, he would scare away other suitors,
He would just smile and sing, emulating the cheesy movies,
She would scorn and try to erase his image from her mind,
He thinks what he is doing is out of love for her,
She knows that she’s being sought out as prey,
The moment she surrenders, her value in his eyes vanishes,
She has seen this at play with women her and older generations,
How they crave for the attention from the era of courting,
How they feel undesirable because of lack of attention,
She knows she cannot play this game indefinitely,
But every prey has a day where its story ends,
She is making sure that it is not today,
By just focusing on survival and denial of everything related to time,
Be it the past, present or future.