By JIMMY PACHECO   jp283@aol.com
Date: 14 December 2000

LOVE

DEAR LOVE OF MY LIFE,

I LOVE YOU WITH WORDS AND THOUGHTS I CAN'T EXPLAIN
YOUR LOVE KEEPS ME ALIVE 
I MAY SAY THIS IN WORDS AND NOT EXPRESS
IN ACTION ONLY TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE THAT ONE DAY I MAY
MEET SOMEONE AS GOOD AS YOU
FOR I KNOW YOU ARE FAR FROM MY GRASP ONLY BECAUSE
OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TAKEN
BUT NEVERTHELESS I WILL HOPE AND PRAY 
THAT SOMEDAY
GOD GIVES ME A WONDERFUL PERSON IN THE LIKES OF YOU
IN MY EYES THERE IS NOTHING I SEE WRONG IN YOU
IT MAY BE CRITICIZED BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WISH TO 
KNOW THE FEELING BECAUSE THEY
THEMSELVES HAVE NOT FELT IT
IT IS ONE SIMPLE WORD 
A WORD THAT CAN BE SAID ONE WAY AND
MEANT ANOTHER
THIS WORD IS NOT A WORD A PERSON 
WHO HASN'T FOUND TRUE HAPPINESS 
WILL SAY OFTEN
THIS WORD MAY NOT BE TOYED WITH BECAUSE
OF ITS MEANING TO PEOPLE
I TRY TO SAY THIS TO YOU ONLY OUT OF TRUTH
BUT I CAN'T
I SHOULDN'T
NOT BECAUSE I MAY LOOK FOOL BUT ONLY BECAUSE 
MY RESPECT FOR MY DIGNITY WILL GET HURT IF I SAY
THIS TO YOU
I WILL LET YOU THINK WHAT I WILL SAY 
ONLY BECAUSE
I KNOW THEN I WILL
NOT GET HURT BUT KNOW THAT
YOU DON'T KNOW UNLESS
YOU TRULY KNOW
IF YOU DO IT WON'T MATTER BECAUSE
I WILL NOT KEEP DISTANCE
INSTEAD I WILL GET CLOSER
IN HOPES OF A DAY IT MAY
BE THAT YOUR MINE
IF THAT DAY COMES FORTH IT WILL
BE BECAUSE MY PATIENCE REWARDED ME WITH 
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!!!!