I should choose you for a short while
to learn of my weakness. . .
You are so willing to tell them to me.

I should use you for a short while
to help me change those faults you see.

And as you wait with anticipation
for your words to form and mold,
creating what you want me to be. . . .

Ah! But little do you know that when I leave,
you might understand, for a short while,
was not in me. . . .but you.

© Cheryl Taul
January 23, 1996