Had we met before when you could have been straight with me
We could have married, which would have been all great with me.

The moment I knew that you were going to be mine,
Was the very first time you sat down and ate with me.

Spending mornings slumber tangled in each other’s sheets,
You never once minded going to work late with me.

Asked the Stars, the Tarot, the IChing or cookie’s slip,
asked you to gamble on romance, tempt your Fate with me.

I know you were not one for truth or for its freedoms
You spent your time trying to prevaricate with me.

You will now have to wait until the sun cools to brown
Before Reilley will ever tell you to, “Wait with me.