By jwb71913
Date: 2003 Apr 20
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[[2003.04.20.07.34.14448]]

Love me, Love me not

You tell me not to love you
As you have once been told
By one who did not know
Who he was or why he knew
His love could ever be shared again

I tell you not to love me,
Because I fear the pain, it is the
Magic I fear most of all, the needing
In the night when we cannot be together

The loneliness I feel now can
Easily be assuaged, with mindless
Inane chat on screens of blue, or
Watering the grass, little difference

If I give you my heart, will you
Cherish it and hold it safe, or
Stomp and grind it into another
Hell's half acre where nothing grows

And if you give me yours, can
We change the pattern, the endless
Revolving door of men with cool ties
That populate your world

Do not answer now, time enough another time