Please Tell Me
by R Kohn
I was walking down the street today,
was searching for your face.
How strange that without you my world is an unfamiliar
place.
They try to console me with "He doesnt exist" but I am
not a kid. They tell me that you didnt care-- or, almost
worse, that you did.
You have to know, as I sit, barely breathing on this
snowy night:
I have not abandoned hope, though you may have
figured that I might.
I trusted you and found something I never expected;
and now alone, I will "give you some credit" and tell you
that I will believe I have not been rejected.
I will not cry for what I've lost, I will not be full of
bitterness and scorn.
I will grit my teeth and wait for the continuation of a story
that's been born.
Okay,in the poem the girl's outgoing, with me that's not
quite true. And the line about a small nose, I am fearful
that that would never do.
I have prayed and prayed to hear your voice. Dear G-d,
I hope my wish came true--
If the Perfect Kiss was sent to me, I pledge all my kisses
to you!