NaPoWriMo 4/12/09

The Perfect Poem

If I could write the perfect poem
That poem would be you
Smart and Surprising
Warm and Loving
Passionate and Impatient

If I could write you as a poem
Then I would never fear losing you
Never fear rejection
Never fear the final words
You would be mine forever

But I cannot write you as a poem
You are not so simple as that
Cannot be captured and tamed
Cannot be owned or written down
Even by a poet in quiet desperation

©2009-Art Belliveau