Ne-mohotatse
She longed to say she
loved him, but
The words stayed down deep in her heart;
How many times he had longed to hear them,
For he loved her from the very start.
She belonged, they both knew, to another..
He knew that he, too, could never be free;
Their love was not planned.. or intended,
It just happened over time, innocently.
Each time they said goodbye, her first impulse
Was to tell him how much she cared;
Knowing full well what it could all lead to,
Telling him this, however, she never dared.
Until one day her hand typed this message,
Ne-mohotatse...and waited for his reply;
"What does that mean?" was his question,
Her answer? You will have to try
To find that answer on your very own,
And find it he did, with much surprise;
Ne-mohotatse..I love you ..was her reply to him,
Now he knew...and they began to realize..
The heartache that was in store for them,
The bond they'd created will always be there;
From his first "I love you", her heart was his..
"Ne-mohotatse", my love.. means she'll always care.
~ Twilah ~