A GAME OF NON-LOVE

you shuffle a pack of cards

and deal

and i pick up

and we play

the game of assumptions

you assume i am yours

so i tell you i am yours

and wait to hear you

never say

you are mine

you assume i love you

so i tell you i love you

and wait to hear you

never say

i love you too

you assume i am hurt

so to tell you i am hurt

and wait to hear you

never say

i'm sorry

you assume we're together

so i say we're together

and wait to hear you 

never say

we're together

and then...

you assume we're done

so i tell you we're done

and wait to hear you...

never say

we're done.

and so...the game goes on

you assuming, i presuming

two lovers in a pack

one a clover, one a spade

not a single heart in the stack.

THE RE-SET BUTTON

Somewhere in her

there is a re-set button - 

have you seen it?

She was doing well 

when she married you

and then, one day, you woke up

and everything went haywire -

she was there sometimes

and sometimes she wasn't.

She came, she went,

She came, she went,

She smiled...but her smile faded into sadness...

There were no tears, mind you!

And so, you thought that

she'll come back.

But, one day, you woke up - 

and she wasn't there!

You called. You tried to recall what went wrong?

You called again, and they askedd, "Did you do the re-set?"

"Re-set? re-set! What re-set??"

"The re-set button to her heart...to her feelings - 

Start all over again

Tell her you love her; tell her till she knows;

tell her she's the only one.

Woo her with flowers; take her out to dinner;

show her that

you may not be perfect, but,

you will still try!

Show her...because she matters.

Show her - till she knows.

Re-set the button

till the green light glows!"