Had this evening been a date
-- a real date, just the two of us --
I would've opened the door for you.
I would've pulled out your chair.
I would've showered you with compliments.
("You are so beautiful it hurts.")
I would've held your hand atop the table, who cares if people stared?
I would've kissed you when the lights went out.
I would've forced myself to look away from you, only to look back
again and again and again.
I would've solved the ****** because impressing you would've mattered.
I would've told you
"I love you"
a thousand times.
I would've told you
"I love you"
a thousand times more.
I would've pulled out your chair.
I would've held the door open for you.
I would've kissed you on that
Union Jack adorned porch.
**I wouldn't have cared about
the people around us.