Twice Today, I Have Heard Your Name

"I hear people talking about you... XD 'med, come..." (5 July 2013; 01:30:02 p.m.)

For Med. Written after the PhySoc (Physics Society) Acquaintance Party.

There’s a sound that I hear that is loud in my ear,

And that sound is the sound of your name, my dear.

Past the crowds, down the hall, a subdued distant voice

Travels waves, resonates, calls above the noise.

Twice today, I have heard the same sound once again,

And I knew that I’ve missed you a lot since then.

First I heard was a group of young men in a game;

They had mentioned your name just before you came.

So I hoped that, again, I would hear what I’d heard;

I was keen to have heard a familiar word.

Then I saw, from behind, where you were, a lone star.

There you were, he whose name I’d heard from afar.

Overjoyed, I came near with good tales up my sleeve,

But the hour sped too fast, and you had to leave.

In my head, I had said, “Do not leave, please, not yet,”

But you left, anyway, though you would regret:

For the next that I heard was a girl dressed in white;

She had asked where you were—you were gone from sight.