Richard

(the idea is to write the phases of a relationship as they go, numbering them according to the semesters in which they take place)

1.
Will you do me a favor?
Stop!..a minute, let me think.
Is this really what I want?
Corner eye, I see you blink.
I take a breath, you take the test;
I lay my hands upon your chest.
You close your eyes, but you say "no"
Tangled on the same knot that keeps my secret from bursting:
"I love you so!"... and yet while a secret
I have room to question... "do I?"

2.
Will you do me a favor?
Next time you touch me
Do the following
-It'll help decide
Should we keep going.-

Not yet a poem about who you are
Still just a poem about how I feel
Your heart is seen,
Mine skips a beat;
Your body seen
Mine shivers.

If you come close to take my hair
and, ever gently, push it back
Please make sure that while you stare,
your skin touches mine back.

How to describe such beauty seen?
It's in your heart, your eyes,
It's in your genes!