Don't be angry if I write <br />Only just from time to time, <br />Writing now, and then again, <br />Waiting till another time. <br /> <br />Letters come in many forms: <br />Some are sick and some are sad, <br />Brilliant just occasionally, <br />Far more often very bad. <br /> <br />Letters leave a lot unsaid, <br />Often are not understood, <br />Seem to mean more than they do, <br />Fail to mention what they should. <br /> <br />If I live, you will not need <br />Letters, you will have the man. <br />If I die, to read my words <br />May be more than sorrow can. <br /> <br />When you travel, you will not <br />Heavy trolleys need to trundle. <br />They will fit into your bag, <br />Folded in slender bundle. <br /> <br />When you're married, comes a time, <br />When you need a little cry - <br />You can quickly reach them down <br />And as swiftly put them by. <br /> <br />When you've locked the bedroom door, <br />Kept them from his jealous gaze, <br />Spare a kind and grateful thought <br />For your lover's lazy ways. <br /> <br />Say 'It's better that he wrote <br />Only just from time to time, <br />Writing now, and then again, <br />Waiting till another time.'<br /><br />Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-be-angry-if-i-write/
