She Loves Me Not
She likes me,
She loves me,
O, pray for me she loves me!
O, heavens I must have it—
Her love is all I need!
But
All the while,
My heart is beating,
One hundred times a second.
All the while,
The sun is falling,
One thousand times as fast.
All the while,
My chest is aching
Of all my love I hold so dearly!
Surrounded by the hazy mountains
Molested by the sky,
We find ourselves alone
Together
Lying side by side.
I catch her eye.
We share a laugh,
The quiet envelops us again, until
She throws her body onto mine and
Smothers me in kisses,
Her hands run up and down my skin and
Grab me close to her,
She presses herself on me and
Leans in to whisper in my ear and—
No.
She doesn’t.
She would never.
She turns away and
Says goodnight,
Resting her beautiful face on those elegant hands.
I sit up, feeling
My slouching silhouette against the dimming pink sky
Fade away.
And
All the while,
I still love her!
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