Tell me about love

You tell me about love,
and do it all the time.
You can use pleasing words,
and can predict my move
by setting the right rhyme.
Well, I can read your cards.

I do not want to play.
I would love just the truth.
Please could you be honest?
Whatever you will say,
just like pulling a tooth,
is one empty promise.

I hear you have no time.
Am I not on your list?
So who I really am,
if I am not your prime?
If I am only missed?
Can't you just tell me, damn?

~ Petra