LOVE & PATIENCE: THE BRIDGE I WON’T CROSS

I make a joke

But you don’t laugh

I cook a meal

But you don’t eat

I play a song

But you don’t dance

I write a poem

But you don’t read

So I take a walk-

Walk far away

Until I reach a bridge

Do I cross or do I turn back?

Ahead lies a mystery

Possibly more wondrous

Than the silence between our hearts

Yet I cannot cross today

A slight of hand

A knowing glance

And I hear the word

You fail to say

Love me still

Love me still

I’ll return soon one day.