Diehard

After so many false starts
do I give up on love?
I seem to be the classic
hopeless romantic
refusing to admit
that it may never come.

When love leaves me cold
lovers give me up for dead
I'm the diehard battery of love
rekindling latent passions
espousing my theme
ignoring my wounds
eyes eternally riveted
on a dream
a myth
a mirage?

Leaving other
more jaded souls
in my wake
I keep on going
and going
the energizer bunny of love
tireless
in my search for one
knowing one
is all it takes
that She is out there
in relentless pursuit
of one
quite like me.

RRE
c 2-13-02