To My Darling (Whoever She Is)

If I’d only turned that corner …

or if you’d crossed that street …

if you hadn’t booked that sauna …

How come we didn’t meet?

 

If I’d joined the Belgian army,

or enrolled at Kansas State,

if I’d passed on that pastrami …

so -- is it now too late?

 

If I linger in DeSoto’s,

or step out, some freezing night:

if I stop to take some photos …

who knows?  We might.  We might!

 

Or must I say, no way, “me rindo”?

Or keep hoping for that glance?

If I gaze in Macy’s window,

will you jostle me, by chance?

 

So, will you stroll along Delancey

just by the Pitt Street turning?

Or are you, darling, just a fancy,

a figment of my yearning?

 

Author's Note

me rindo -- I give up (Spanish)

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"Or are you, darling, just a fancy,
a figment of my yearning?"

[Sami Khalil]

That yearning is part and parcel of our hopes and desires even in love. Then comes the sharing when chance or fate knocks at the heart doors. Excellent again, sir...:)..........

[Arezzo]

I deeply appreciate your generosity. Thank you.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:).....................