By Laurie West
Date: 19 June 2000
the thought
the thought
was only a tiny one.
i hardly even knew it was there.
but it never left me,
not for one second.
i mean, i thought it would maybe
get tired of me,
or something.
but it never left.
it never even left
just to take a walk
or to take a look around
at the bigger, handsome thoughts
it was a persistant little boy
who wanted - no, needed -
to be noticed.
so finally, i noticed.
and because it was such a tiny
little thought,
it was cute.
so i took it in.
i cared for it, and fed it and
gace it time
to grow.
it got bigger and bigger until
one day,
it wasn't a tiny cute thought
any more.
it was a big, handsome one,
the handsomest of all!
and do you know what that
big, handsome thought-
(the one that used to be so little) -
told me?
well, it told me that -
i love you!
Back to the Heart-on-Sleeve Corner