Fill-in-the-blanks Love Poem

My heart thumps wildly,

Loud as thunder

What I'm feeling

Makes me wonder

I sit with my thoughts

Under a tree

With the faint carving:

_______ + me

"That's what I hope, at least," I say

"But now it's a silly game to play."

One day it'll be for real

When we can see and we can feel

And if you feel the way I do

Then I could say, "_______, I love (or like) you."

So if your feelings are so true

Then I say now that I love (or like) you.

(approx. 1980-81)