from the first day
I saw him
I've had him
on my mind
he stays ever
affixed
in its encasing
rind

yet his attentions
are focused
on those appealing ladies
he wants nothing
to do
with an ordinary Sadie

I dream of us
being together
but there will never be
a tether
he's wrapped and bound
in all other
enticing heather

though he not know
of how I feel for him
I'll endlessly keep
thinking of him

were there to be a change
in his heart's tide
on that day he'd notice
my lovable side