Every story begins with a
once upon a time.
But mine began with an
unexpected chance.

A recently hired apprentice,
having being pushed to speak at a
Career's Fair, including tagging
along with two of my other colleagues,
who I hadn't met.

A virtual Teams call is
where I first saw him,
looked quite okay for
my eyes, yet had to
focus on the task at hand.

Was a bundle of nerves,
on the day we decided to meet
as a team, just sitting at my desk
counting the minutes when
the door beeped and came in
a gorgeous pair of blue eyes
I'd ever seen.

The virtual eye didn't really
do justice to the beauty
that had me staring at.
His piercing gaze met mine which
made me to quickly avert my eyes,
still mesmerized by the sight
and taking a deep breath,
I calmly waited for the meeting to end.

With each day passing by us
and with the tension between us
growing strong, I couldn't help
but fall for him until I learned
that another held his heart.

It shattered me into pieces,
but I remained strong,
strong enough to courageously
confess that I liked him,
which he gently handled and
won my heart again.

However, I could never break
the woman's heart who loved him
so, I slowly try and accept it.
Accept that although I love him,
we could never be in each other's embrace.
© Shania(shazeel)