Heart for a Werewolf

Eyes down low, and a gaze shy,
his heart fluttered, and his grin went wry.
It was a secret he had,
a secret he swore he'd not tell.

The note in his hand did speak of his feelings,
placed neatly in a letter, with strawberry sealings.
Looking up from his thoughts, he saw another,
that other, he knew, was his secret lover.

He got up from his seat, to talk to this girl,
the butterflies in his stomach suggested he hurl.
The girl seemed to be quite unaware,
that a werewolf was standing there.

He cleared his throat quickly to get her attention,
She looked and instantly showed deep apprehension.
She gave a loud scream, the werewolf had scared her,
but, he actually wanted a "heart-sick" cure.

He spoke quickly, eyes filled with fright,
"Please do not fear, and please hear my plight!"
With the quickest of motions, his hand shot out,
his paw did open, and the letter had sprout.

The girl looked quickly at the letter in hand,
not sure if it was a trick, or something more grand.
"What is this for? Are you playing a game?"
She grabbed the letter briskly, in fear of being maimed.

She opened the letter, and the contents she read,
she then turned a pink, from her toes to her head.
"I... appreciate the gesture, really I do."
"But I can't be associated with someone like you."

"You run through the trees, while I'm at my home,"
"You howl at the moon, while I read a tome."
"You've got a beast in your heart, which will undoubtebly come out,"
"If the two of us were to get into an argumentative bout."

"You're not really human, but that's just what I am."
"You're trying to be sweet, but I'm holding the fear that I can."
"You may be sincere, and that's great, probably true,"
"but I can't be seen with the likes of you."

Quickly she dropped the letter and walked away flustered,
her look cued the werewolf that she had felt pestered.
He followed her, with his eyes starting to sting,
the rain did fall, and the thunder did sing.

Eyes down low, and with a gaze filled with tears,
his heart sank, almost exactly as feared.
He wanted to be loved, in his big werewolf heart,
but as far as love was concerned...
no one thought a werewolf had a part.