The Girl On The Bench She sat on the bench uninterested, she'd heard it all before. He stopped talking and reached out his hand. "Please take it" he thought, "if she'll just take my hand then I know there's still hope". But she didn't, she just sat there with her arms crossed. He dropped his arm to his side in disappointment and turned away so she couldn't see the tears forming in his eyes, when he turned back she had gone.