FEELINGS: Alone

                 ALONE

How sad it is when there is no love

                              on his part,

                                    only yours.

      You want to cry out,

                             “Love me,

                                   love me,

                                         love me!”

                        But you wait,

                              knowing that it would only

                                    hurt him—

                                         and you.

                        There will never be

                              the two of you--

                                    Only

                                          one

                                                and

                                                     one.

                        Your smile

                              will always be holding back

                                    a tear,

                                          and he will never know

                                                why.

(Beth Good--1971)