Untitled Number One

This is my first attempt at poetry, so please do your worst.

My heart beat unsteadily 

Our words all felt slurred 

But in those last moments my mind seemed deterred 

The ways the moon shone 

Cast a dastardly tone 

But my eyes seemed to race without care 

The spectrum of light 

On that austere autumn eve

Bounced with all of its might 

Off the smiles�"and frowns�"I’d receive 

I failed to comprehend 

How I could ever just pretend 

And how I could respond genuinely 

Her smile spoke for seconds 

But her eyes searched for days 

The hope that I hoped was lost in her gaze 

It had been love at first sight of mind 

It took me years after to unwind: 

The girl I never stopped loving, would never be mine.

Author's Note

ignore punctuation, still working on matching separate meters with the the flow of the poem, experimental rhyme scheme