My Heart and I

Be still my heart of sixteen years,
You need not beat for dependence is feared.
Let no one know of your traitorous ways,
And you may live out the rest of your days.

For you, my heart, care not for my thoughts,
With love, my dear, you are easily bought.
Do offend me with your ways of flirtation,
You are not to give in to lust and temptation.

Ignore the pleas that these suitors might give,
You must not fail me when I need you to live.
I know that you need someone stronger than I,
But I am not ready for that final good-bye.

When you wave farewell and meet with another,
You must remember I will seek no other.
For it is you, my heart, that I hold so dear,
To fend off the feelings of those who draw near.

For though you and I are like fire and ice,
Your love for another will come at a price.
Because though you will meld with another heart,
For me it will mean a brand new start.

With someone I know not I will make a new path,
He will face my love and feel my wrath.
Aware of what fates lie before him at best,
This man will be given the ultimate test.

He must deal with faith of a peculiar kind,
For this man will be leading a romantic blind.
You know how much love I can give away,
As well as how much I retain every day.

So, dear heart, do not look for love quick,
Let me and the suitor have a chance to click.
For once my thoughts agree with you,
Then we will be ready to say, “I do.”