Finding Love is Hard

I want love

Unlike anything else

It sustains

It nurtures

Ask me why

Dare me how

I want it to be real

I wish for all of it to be

—

How could she

I say

Why wouldn’t she

I

Please love me

Declare i

For, what more does a man need

Money

Power

Fame

All are just extensions

For love

To me anyway

—

I am weak at her heels

Ambitious at her feet

Begging for her eye

Praying for her heart

—

Does this mean I

Am not a man

Could I be just another

Less than

Weaker than

No real man

Could 7th be real

Or

—

She smiles

I smile

She frowns

I shake

—

She is me

I hope

I am her

I dream

—

I love you

I say

…

I hear