In shadows deep, I guard my heart from you, With walls of reason strong, or so I thought, Yet every glance betrays my quiet rue, For in this game of love, I'm ever caught. I tell myself the path is not for me, Desire's whispers echo in the night, Reluctant hope, a chain I cannot see, With every heartbeat, fading into light. Your laughter dances through the air like song, A siren's call that pulls me from the shore, I fight and twist, but know I can't be strong, For love's sweet grip ensnares me evermore. Though I pretend to turn away from fate, In losing this fierce game, I find my state.