Proposal Poem

Here’s a Question

I love you, Emily

I love you. 

These three words I’ve longed to say, 

But did delay

That they might prove even sweeter. 

Like a pearl within an oyster, 

The beauty of this phrase 

Grows and thrives

Enclosed in words unspoken; 

Within my heart abides

Such love for you

It cannot be hidden

It should not be hidden

It will not be hidden

I love you. 

And if you find within your heart

A pearl of likened beauty

Which from the start 

Did grow unseen, 

I ask you, “Will you marry me?”