Note 5 penned on a night in January, 2014: maybe if you decide

for M

maybe let's try this:

just decide- do you, or can you

love me, even a little?

because I have enjoyed

caressing parts of your exterior

with some of my interior.

and I would like to keep

peeling back the layers

of knowing you,

brushing the dust off

this diamond I found

quietly placed in my hand. 

I would be lying to say,

it does not matter to me

one way or the other;

the words just have never

been mine to speak

aloud, so I hold them close.

but I think that if you decide-

all the rest will just kind

of sort itself-

did you know that on Neptune

it rains diamonds

in the atmosphere?

kind of just like that,

my fear of words too

might wash away.

Author's Note

translated into Spanish here:

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/zorra_encantada/1297234/

Reviews

[hanir]

I like the flow. Creatively written.

[Emily B]

did you share your words with M? they are beautiful, true, refreshing and so lovely

[Marie Anzalone]

working up the courage to do so. Had to translate them first :-)