DUMB

Do you know why words escape me,
When your exciting eyes meet mine,
Though the words have danced through my mind,
For a disturbingly long time?

Do you know why when I see you,
I'm reduced to a pounding pulse?
I tell myself it would be wise,
To shrug this feeling off as false.

Do you know why in your presence,
I cannot tell you what I mean?
If you don't know why I'm like that,
Maybe you're dumber than I seem.

Around 2003