SORRY OLD HEART

"She can offer you so much," you said.

"While I have nothing.

No goods

no riches

no beauty or grace.

"All I have is a devotion

and an appreciation

for you

that none dare match.

I adore you," she said,

"And, while it is not much,

this sorry old heart is all I have to offer."

And I looked at her

and I thought

and I smiled

and I said,

"I shall miss you."