Love for Simpler Things

Condemn such love for simpler things;
no greater gift is given
when known are all the songs she sings,
and by what signs she’s driven.

An easy way to keep her caught
a stranger to attention:
give more or less a casual thought,
for she will see dimension.

But should you leave and tell her last
with sparse intent to smother,
she will cry and hold you fast
and wish you were another.

NS ’09