Shy. Confession before tour bus doors, before nerve
Shy. I calibrate whatever you give me to hold.
Shy. Sere lavender fear, unsent voice memo in heartbeat.
Shy. Cup of ocha gone cold beside her sacred vows.
Shy. Sweet-camera girl turned harness-wearing thief of your control.
Shy. Shy in daylight, a silent wreck after dark.
Shy. Shy hotel crush who serves in riddles.
Shy. Your shy dancer who folds at a single kind word.
Shy. Soft threat wrapped in a fruit tea voice.
Shy. Crowding your space without ever touching first.
Shy. Slow with the brush, fast with the wanting.
Shy. Student who knits your name into every dropped stitch.
Shy. Indie dev who hides her dirty code in the unsent builds.
Shy. Quiet pianist undone by the weight of his own devotion.
Shy. Shy songwriter undone by a single syllable of your approval.