yes it's true (:
and I hope the time's approaching
when I can very vulnerably and rightly
say the words I've been saving all these years
words that I've determined to keep
for just one beauty in my lifetime
until,
with an esteem so silly
but a heart never less ready
finally combining heartfelt meanings
with an utterance that ring:

"May I have the honour?"

In His time. Ivan. In His time.