Wistfully Shaken Awake

I will admit
that there is
a certain
guilty desire
for recognition
that I cannot
completely shake

a moment
of pure ego
wistfully
shaken awake

a small part
of something within me
that hopes

that somehow
even on your best days
a small part of you
wishes
just for a moment
that the fingers
intertwined with yours
were mine

however fleeting
however brief
the flicker of thought may be
a part of me
hopes

to be wished for
unexpectedly

Don McGonigal
October 2004