If Only a Matter of Words

It is overwhelming trying to imagine how many

words exist in all the books that have ever

been written – books that fill shelves of homes,

stores, colleges, universities, and public libraries

in all the cities of the world, then adding to that

number all the words in the lyrics of every song

that has ever been written.

I can’t help believing, and I so desparately wish

to believe - that somewhere amid all those words

there might exist the right words, in just the right

magical combination – words, that upon my

speaking them to you, your heart would open up

and you would suddenly desire me as much as

I desire to have you.

If only it were a matter of words.