Little Verse

I shall write the most beautiful poem to you,

But I shall write it too small and too light.

I would like to rewrite it again unto you,

But I wrote it too small and I'm not too bright.

It's far too pocket-sized to try reproducing.

It's far too tiny to read.

But in it, I tell you you're everything to me,

A little, too little, love note to you.

Its meaning too little to test the emotion.

Its message too little to try to explain it,

A tiny-mite poem that has little meaning,

Just three little words left unwritten.

--2--

Write me, dear, a little line,

A little poem, a little rhyme.

Write me, dear, a little thought.

I think. I love. I'm overwrought.

Write the words to make me sigh.

I'll never bother you to try

To dedicate your life to me.

For what it's worth, if never free,

I tell you true,

I love you.

c. 1991