Awashed with sweet emotions,
I maintain paced distances.
For undue interactions,
Lift emotional fences.

Washed away by time's passage,
Wisdom is lost by the tide.
Through a forgotten message,
Learned lessons no longer hide.

Wanting more, yet fearing less
Such erects a vexed spirit.
Fear of past lack of success,
Questions one's present merit.

Despite risks that may be cast,
I hold this lone tenderness.
Am I doomed to live the past,
Pursuing this happiness?