A couple of years back, I fancied someone at work.  He worked in a different part of the office but every morning for several months, we chatted in the staff kitchen whilst preparing porridge for breakfast.  The more I spoke to him, the more I liked him.  We got along really well but he never took, which in my mind, was the next logical step and ask me out.  All my friends and even my mother, told me that I had to ask him out on a date.  I deliberated and after a very long time, I built up the courage to ask him for coffee outside of the office.

He reacted as if I asked him for a lifetime commitment! Lol!  He seemed very surprised and rejected me.  I don’t understand why he would be surprised after months and months of chat.  One of my friends suggested that I was too intense with my request and I scared him! But that’s ridiculous!  I know how to ask a man out for coffee in an inviting way!

The whole scenario made me laugh.  Soon after I stopped eating porridge and I penned a poem called ‘I Didn’t Ask’.  It was just coffee, dude, not a marriage proposal!

 

I Didn’t Ask

 

I didn’t ask you to love me

I asked if you wanted to get coffee.

 

I didn’t ask you to protect me

To defend my honour and fight for me

To slay my dragons

Take on my demons

Ride on your steed through the night for me.

 

I didn’t ask you to rescue me

Save me from myself and my enemies

To play the hero

Move heaven and earth

To safeguard my life so spectacularly.

 

I didn’t ask you to soothe me

To wipe away tears and console me

To quash my fears

To hold me tightly

To comfort and revive my soul for me.

 

I didn’t ask you to encourage me

To advocate me and inspire me

To help me set goals

To share my dreams

To plan for the future entirely.

 

I didn’t ask you to worship me

To idolise me and praise me

To put me on a pedestal

Lavish me with gifts

To devote all your days to me.

 

I didn’t ask you to marry me

To commit your whole life to me

To settle down

To set up home

To see what a good wife I’ll be.

 

I didn’t ask you to love me

I asked if you wanted to get coffee.