Changing the Love Game

I spend most of my time stargazing...

is that a twinkle in your eyes?

it's close enough

I'm gazing again...

want me,

but don't try to capture me

that's always when love turns sour

and yet I want a chase

you know I do

I hope you never take your beautiful eyes

off of me

you ask,

"who is this captivating stranger?"

but I give you no answers

I want to keep you guessing

it's my love game

months from now, I will regret

that I talked too much,

I played too much,

and how calculatingly I worked myself around giving

I want a challenge

I want you to somehow teach me a different

love game

I wish you knew how

I wish I knew how

to break away the "me" wall in my life

And all those to whom I would have given the world,

I somehow lost

I always search for the romance of the stranger

when real people bore me

and I fool myself into believing that this is

a better love

but perhaps the stranger knows

and that's why I lose him

Granted, I am young

but there are things I know I must learn

I want to learn

I just don't know how

teach me to be your lover, and I will

reward you with the best feelings anyone

could have

equality, understanding, security, contentment -

the elements of love

my heart with yours

I just need a lesson or two

to make me change my ways

I've picked up a few bad habits here and there

and I want to do better next time

I want to begin with you

- July 8, 1984, A.D.