What weary loneliness <br />When I'm swimming alone <br />In such dreadful weather at dawn. <br /> <br />When I saw you last, <br />We were sweltering <br />In unrelenting summer <br />And the sweat was dripping <br />Like tears from your brow. <br /> <br />But now, I wish I could walk with you <br />Along the same paths <br />Under any conditions, <br />snowstorms or parched earth. <br /> <br />Yesterday, I saw a woman who looked like you, <br />But Loud and drunk, at the races; <br />If I hadn't been so painfully sober, <br />I might have kissed her <br />Or proposed marriage. <br /> <br />I'm going to crawl into the corner <br />Of an old dusty bookstore <br />And read The Illuminations of Rimbaud <br />Or maybe A Season in Hell. <br /> <br />Try to remember something fond of me; <br />I've always been so terribly fond of you.<br /><br />Uriah Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/proposed-marriage/
