when you ask for someone's heart
or soul
or even to lunch,
and you seem careless
about the endeavor.

you shouldn't worry about
her denial.

it's like asking at a border town
'did they find a diamond ring?'

they'll look at you like
you've lost your mind
and say 'they haven't seen a thing.'

so, tho you try with wings of wax
still it takes a cool love
to keep their form.

and she's been burned
countable times when
she soared too close to the flame.

09/07/2005