A Student's Confession

A Student's Confession of Desire for a Beloved Professor and Friend

My beloved friend and esteemed professor,

is it so wrong to worship and admire

you with so warm and glowing a splendor,

which is unbounded with heartfelt desire?

Your silhouette is my Achilles's heel,

and your lips (what lips those are!) dare I kiss?

Your soft skin glows with a warmth that reveals

to me a sensuality that I miss;

I am undone! For you are my dilemma.

My need for you is embarrassingly clear!

Must I extinguish this overwhelming fire

which I have for you? For you are most dear.

Were I not just a student or your friend,

could we be more before this sonnet's end?

By Ngoc Nguyen

From: United States