the love list

you make a list
of what
you like about her
and what you
don't.
it's brutal.
where once there
was so
much good,
so much on
the plus side
of the paper,
now it's gone
the other
way.
she'd hate to see
the list
you've made,
as you would
the list she's
made about
you. better
crumble it and throw
it into the fire
before she
gets here,
maybe things will
change for
the better, if
she stays
another night,
another day.