The Conversationalist

Stand right here and tell me why you don't want me---

the way I want you

in an unrequited way

If we were both unrequited, we would be so much different than we are now---

and perhaps in the same place?

If I asked you to ride this all out because I knew I would be there at the end---

would you believe me in that honest kind of way?

Would you trust that our words were between us and only us?

Would you take a leap of faith and accept with confidence that I would never do that to you?

Would you, would you?

The thing of it all is this,

is this---

you make me want to listen----

even to the congregants of cricketville