Slowly but surely,
My patience is waning.
I beg of you: listen –
Please do – to yourself.

“You are… thirty-three; I am […].
“You are… far too sweet; I am far too broken.
“You are… there, in […], but I live in […].
“You are… still quite single, but I have been married.”

“It's clear we are not
“On the same page at all,
“And I don't want to hurt you
“By leading you on.”

I wish to be your age, for age does not matter.
I wish to be broken; I'll learn to mend with you.
I wish to be there — or wherever you are.
I wish to be married.  It's all up to you!

It's clear I have waited
Too long to ask this:
Would it hurt you to write
A page I could be on?