To a Woman

To a Woman
Yong Wan Choi 05.29.08
Through the harsh midday
through the cozy moonlit night
with one body and one heart
we said we would live
that promise made for me
kept to the very end
your devoted heart, darling
a man seems to understand
but however hard he tries
he simply cannot do it
born by nature for a different part
running over mountains and fields in his sleep
he returns and stands alone in a remote valley
a woman won't know
that still, to the very end, in his own way
he means to walk a single path for you—
such is a man's heart