I'm in a situation where a very nice gentleman friend of mine (ok, more than just a friend, although we've not even held hands!)... has broken up with his ex (before we met)... but now she wants to get back with him and of course I could be left out in the cold, despite my friend "having fallen head over heels for me"... Situation is he feels responsible for her well being (she has threatened to commit suicide if he leaves her)... so, I'm looking for a poem that says, "even though I like you a lot (we've only known each other for 2 weeks)... I can't stand by and watch this / wait for you to sort this out because it could take forever". A tall ask I know... but if you know of a poem that would be good in this situation, then please email it to me...

Many thanks. :-/

-- Maryanne (maryanne@cybergal.com), September 16, 1999

Answers

when i need u, just close my eyes and i m with u when i want love i hold out my hand and i touch love , never knew there would b so much love, my love is not selfish my love 4 u is a gift to me so i pray 4 yr happiness forevr

-- subia nadeem (subi@sat.net.pk), October 07, 1999.

I don't know if this will work, but it may,

I didn't exist For a moment today For when we passed You looked away Not acknowledging my needs Or even my existence

But in the pain I realized How many times I've avoided eyes That were reaching out- to me -Javan

-- Lillian (LIL2717@aol.com), September 22, 1999.

connections. hearts link then break apart.

time alone creates forever. today alone you were mine then gone

who you were is still who you are and I walk on alone, glad for a moment, a fleeting moment of forever.

still you are connected inequities corrected walk on not alone choices make forevers.

-- sherri culpepper (culpepper@prodigy.net), September 19, 1999.