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Literary: In Time

5/26/2017 09:25:00 PM Media Center 0 Comments

I stared blankly
At the letter you gave me—
A small pink paper
Sealed with a sticker.
Your penmanship’s fine
And your signature’s too
But directly above it
Says, “I like you”

I stood stiffly
As you asked me,
Holding balloons
Which spell P-R-O-M-?
Then you said “I love you”
What exactly do you want me to do?

I said nothing
Not a single word
When you bluntly said, “Will you love me too?”
Because your words are like ropes
That strangle my throat-
Rather, my heart

Because all these confessions
I do not want
I do not need-
I am not yet ready to give back
And I’m not asking you to wait

Be free,
In love,
In time.