SALISBURY LANDSCAPES POEM 11

Searching for something is usually something inside. As we continue to be blown about by the storm, we think about the people holding it all down.

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“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” Plato

To Broach The Subject

If I were to ask you to have a cup of tea,

What would you feel now that you are free?

Would it seem like a commitment to keep,

Or something that you would like to do?

Is the politesse something you could play?

To take a little tea upon a wooden tray,

Is really delightful as tea for two is done,

When a gentleman would like to know you.

I would like to broach the subject if you so care,

For to be cosy in public would make them all

Aware of you real intention towards a gal,

So if you like me truly I am not your pal.

Before you give the answer I would like you

To consider that my heart is almost broken,

Having to ask so if you intend to be more

Than just friends taking a walk for tea is my end!

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis