prerequisite

if your heart does not call

my name like it is

a song, a chant, a mantra,

then i ask that you do not take

another step closer to me.

if your eyes do not dwell

on these dark orbs of mine

or the midnight-black hair that falls down my face

then i ask that you kindly

turn around and journey to another land.

if your mind does not flood

the world around you with

images, thoughts, or memories of me

then i earnestly plead

that you no longer try to tread the maze that is my heart.

for i am not a being

that is willing to go down on my knees

and implore that you lay down your heart next to mine

nor am i a soul

that will desperately beg for your company.

but if, just if

your heart sincerely screams for me

like every second is a waste of time

if your eyes cannot forget

the moments when it had stared into mine,

and if your mind cannot sleep

with the memory of me in the darkness of night,

then i wish to tell you that

not one ounce of your love is unreciprocated,

that i have fallen deeper than the world will ever know,

that my heart is full of love and is endlessly aglow,

and i promise you, my dear, never will i let go.