By Ali
Date: 2006 Sep 13
Comment on this Work
[[2006.09.13.17.02.15226]]

Capriccios

I need to learn to deliberate
(not hesitate).
In a daydream of recklessness,
I pressed send too fast,
say 'I love you' too late--
and now, I wonder
if I'm trying too hard,
or too little.  But each
is a different matter, in whirl
of mismatched hearts,
in a sphere of two separate faces.

Maybe it was just a matter of trust,
just a method of testing
what could be true--
I didn't know,
And now, I don't even claim to.
And if I could, would I
douse the coals, burn the letters,
or simply relinquish my inculcated sense
of fancy?
It could be damnation,
but more likely,
it is fear.