Four years of telling her <br />how very much he loved her, <br />he never asked to marry her. <br /> <br />When asked why, he said <br />our liabilities exceed our assets. <br /> <br />'And there is the door, ' she <br />answered as if commenting on the <br />weather. <br /> <br />A day later he presented her <br />with his deceased mother's <br />engagement ring, <br /> <br />a thin band with a lusterless, <br />sad-looking stone, <br /> <br />She asked him to leave, <br />and later discovered, <br />he had left the ring behind. <br /> <br />She tried it on. It fit perfectly. <br />Then she took it to a jeweler to have <br />it cleaned and polished until it sparkled. <br /> <br />An entire week, she thought very hard <br />and decided to return it. <br /> <br />He smiled and presented her <br />with a ring that took her breath away! <br /> <br />An entire week, she thought very hard <br />and decided to return both rings. <br /> <br />He brought a third ring, <br />somewhere between the plain <br />and the spectacular, <br /> <br />An entire week she thought very hard <br />and finally asked him, <br /> <br />'Which one is counterfeit? ' <br /> <br />'The last two', he said, <br />but my heart is made of gold.<br /><br />Elke Nigro<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/which-one-12/
