For old times sake...

'Request'

Sometimes for old times sake
you should look me up.
Have lunch with me,I'll pay the bill.
How little I know you though I loved
you for so long,
and still do for old times sake.

You cannot forget so completely.
Remember me a little and meet me sometimes.
Once in a while,for good luck,
do not negate the past.
Indulge me.

Not because I want to embarrass you.
It is not your lack of love which distresses
me any more.
I'm no longer obsessed with a blind emotion
which promises everything and nothing.
You have to be young forever to be in love
like that.

I will not bore you with details of how I lived
for months after your exit.
But because I'm pining for an old pleasure,
have lunch with me one of these days.
I miss you most when I'm eating alone.

A man should look up a woman sometimes
for old times sake.
For reasons other than those which are obsolete.
Have lunch with me,
I'll pay the bill.

-Tara Patel