by demure101
It reminds me of the few times in my life when, because of fear, I have failed to act.
BelleJ
There are also echoes - intentional or not - of the bitter sorrow of Dickens' Miss Havisham.
Having said that, your verse has a loveliness and poignancy of its own.
"Is there anybody there? said the Traveler, knocking on the moonlit door." Yours is a wonderful echo of that poem, though of course the situations of each speaker is vastly different. Cool!
Getting what you want, especially long pined for love, can be the scariest thing ever...I weep for her missing her chance. I do not intend to miss mine, no matter how scared I am...
He waited .... She dithered .... Slowly he went .... Poignant .....5-ed .