I will linger in wait until you realize all my words are true,

Everywhere you go I pray thoughts of loving me are in you,

For so very long I have said I love you what more can I do,

Of your beauty are borne tales of a secret love that’s taboo,

When I first set my eyes on you I knew I wanted you near,

My home will be where you are I hope I’ve made this clear,

Now I know the meaning of music and the love songs I hear,

Traveling earth I’ve seen you as an angel when you appear,

Anywhere you go I am tethered to you by a magic thread,

Temptations will haunt you while I’m away, love me instead,

The fear etched in my face is not about coming home dead,

In a garden sewn of our love I’ll give you no reason to dread,

I will linger in wait although you fear I will never come home,

For you another world of me exists that you have never known,

My heart lingers in moments of long ago when on Texas loam,

In two seconds of sight my heart was captured by you to own,

Now you know that forever on earth I’m in wait to be your man,

Just to catch a view of you I will linger nearby whenever I can,

I will linger in wait until you remember I vowed to be your man,

Am I the haunting soul of a stalker or do I belong as we began,

When I set my eyes on you I may faint or cry as never before,

In saran you’ve been safely tucked as I had no means to store,

I lingered a moment as a teardrop of dehydration hit the floor,

Oh so very thirsty yet I licked clean your photo driven by amour,

And then I lingered to watch us dance on air in light of the night,

To a man near death you were redemption from deep in the light,

For a lifetime I would linger in pain for just a year to get it right,

Soon I will be near yet I fear more than a man in a combat fight,

If only I could touch your tender lips to mine I know I’ll marry you,

The memory of our lingering kiss upon a bed has got me through,

Nightmares of men raging in combat as dragons belched fire too,

Napalm beasts belching into the air almost took me away from you,

A thought of you returns me to the dance floor of love in Texas air,

Please wait a few days more as the weakened me will soon be there,

Linger but a moment and find the boy you love under graying hair,

All innocence is gone but if you look deep I am the ‘I love you stare’,

As a teardrop falls to earth in a cycle of replenishment I atone,

Please linger with me in a place of existence we call our home,

Say hello with a sigh of relief and call me your man, “your own,”

We will be married my angel it’s something I’ve always known,

I will linger forever and a day as your man with feelings of pride,

When my time has come I will linger as a guardian at your side,

In a place unknown I will take your hand for a last slow waltz glide,

Then wait at heaven’s gate to ask ‘will you be my heavenly bride’.

The end.  I love you Patti. By Pat King. Written the Fall of 1969.