WEAKENING HEART
I can't deny my feelings for you any longer
Because every day they're just growing stronger.
I've given you clues painted all over the place
And my heart's grown too weak to give up the chase!
I know you're shy and in more ways than one
And if you've been after my heart, your job is done.
I don't believe I've ever fallen in love so deep
When I'm around you, my knees grow weak.
I know more people than I know how I feel
And I wish I could win your heart at free will.

I've thought so much about giving you a call
But then I realize I don't have the gall.
I'm afraid that I can't stand on my own two feet
And I pray that my heart's not gone down a one-way street!
I fear so badly of how you'd react if I confessed to you
That the rumors you've heard are so very true!
My heart will never again be the same
Because it's fallen for your presence and name.
All I have left to say is accept me if only as a friend
Because I will be loving you until the end!

Patricia Gail Wilson (17 1/2)
April 12, 1997

*Entered in contest - August, 1997*
*Published in The Poetry Guild Poetry Book (1997)*
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