to say the words to win her

a naive young man was losing his sweetheart. their

passion had flared in their late teens but broke

on the grim realities of failed expectations

and subsequent failures to become. he

and she were romantics, but their

romanticism was rooted in the

silly stories with their happy

endings they had loved

as children. it was a

sad awakening.

now she

desired change

that excluded him as

her partner. breakup loomed.

as his heart trembled and shivered

his mind raced in desperation

as he told himself that he

needed to express

with immortal

words the

value of

what was on

the verge of being

lost. alone in the spare

bedroom he prayed that

the words he could say

to win back her heart

would come in a

dream. he a

woke with

tears and

the sad

knowl

edge

that

no

such

words

existed.