Not Wanting A Make-Believe Partner Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Galloping through the desert while listening to country-
western music, never tiring of its rhythms as they beat
in unison with this heart, worn and tired from the heart-
break it has been through.

Just wanting to be loved, wanted, cared for, just being
able to be who I am, not wanting to be a make-believe
partner, not able to share anything with another.

Giving an unconditional love all my own to that someone
special in this poet's life, but that as yet has never
happened, not even once.