She will, won't she?

She would try to stop you

from touching her face

She would threaten

to leave just once

and then she would, in grace

She would let you say things

but doubt if you mean it

And if you did

she always hid

that she'd really seen it

She always knew, more than you

how much you thought of you two

She knew her limits,

she knew your powers,

and knew of the future too. 

And then she took on a plane and left

and promised to come with an answer

and you waited

breath abated

on jumpy toes of a dancer.