Darling, are you a lover... of poetry?
Or only a lover simply, of me?
What I mean to say
(If you care to hear)
Is I'll write you a poem
If… you hold it dear--
But not only dear for my sake,
Rather if you truly appreciate!
Because if not you, then at least I
Appreciate a poem, by and by.

Darling, are you a writer, a poem composer?
Because I am not a poem-opposer.
What I mean to say
(If you don't mind the trouble)
Is I love any poem,
But when it’s from you, double.
And if it is bad, then I, for your sake,
Still the thought would appreciate.
Because if not you, then at least I
Love getting poems, by and by.