the fragility of her heart made her someone who didn't express herself. she would stand silently, observing from afar, smiling when he smiled, laughing when he laughed, silently dreaming of the day he would be hers. the romantic she is, the chauvinist he is, worlds apart, he walked her by. the day courage favoured her, he shut her down. she stood silently, obsvering from afar, as his shadow withered, her smile now gone.