Play hard to get
Hide deep within
Dark maze of age.
I spy them
Peeking out
From soft pages
Yet unborn.
Elusive and coy
Demanding more
But my doubt
Delays delivery.
This should be easy
Except desire
Comes with a price
Forever due.
Then, at last,
The plot
And paragraphs
Emerge.
The disappointment
Does not surprise
Desire even now
Burns amber heat.
I begin again
My circular search
The words refuse
Play hard to get.
________________
Later.
