Read Poem: She sat quietly by L.J. Valente

She sat quietly
a vision not quite heavenly
ragged through the world she’d been through
but her beauty was still there too
a heart hurt and alone but still new
tired from the battles and the dragons she slew
along the way and the scars that came
hadn’t mattered much the same
still she sat there quietly
waiting for the world to end entirely
but with one cup of coffee
she might just regain her energy
and out again to the world she would be
in the corner sat he
not seen by she but he saw her
and watched with fervor
seeing not the pain
nor what he might gain
just seeing her
and not knowing what for
trying hard to catch her eye
how hard did he try
but she did not turn
and something inside him started to burn
talk to her he felt he must
his…