Noster Nostri

My dear friend.
I can’t get across
Quite what it was
That I loved about you
And your ways and because
There’s no chance of me
Earning that glance anymore
That you gave
Full of scorn
That would say to me
‘Darling, behave.
You know how we get
When we do all the stuff
With the feelings
Emotions
(Ridiculous notions)
We know they exist
So there’s no need
To say them out loud
Anymore
Don’t persist
Just desist
It’s awkward
Embarrassing.’
Enough of your harassing
Mister
But
If it makes you more happy
I’ll say it in Latin
A clever disguise
That only the wise
Will be able to crack
So noster nostri
My boy
Noster nostri
Is what it will be
While we’re slightly to shy
To say what we feel
Without a disguise.
But now that you’re gone
The footing has switched
I can say what I like
And not have any fear
Of making you awkward
Or blush.
And though still
My dear
I would give away earth
And all that it’s worth
To bring you back here
The plus is that now I can say
Unaffected
Without a disguise
Or the softest of sighs
That the old dream of ours
Means as much to me now
As it ever did then
After so many hours
And wreaths of black flowers
Bugger the Latin
Our hearts beat as one
And what does it matter
If I have moved on
Or whether you’ve gone
I’ll say it the same
And I hope that
Wherever you are
You’ll be blushing
And hushing me
Awkward
Embarrassed
So long as it’s done
In the same amused way
That you always had with me
And always say to me
‘Darling
You know
You’re the reason I smile
The light in my skies
And the one who beguiles me
The wonder that’s keeping the bright stars apart
My muse
And my marvel
And half of my heart.’
And beautiful as it may be
My dear
I know you well
And I know your cheek
And I know
To make it hard for me
You’d say the bloody thing in Greek.