I am writing to request permission...

Dear XXXX,

I am writing to request permission to express some of the feelings I have had recently, but am somewhat hesitant as the fear of the statement that poetry is not appreciated does lend a hint of a challenge. There is a warrior spirit at my heart, which is not the same as a thug or bully, that would address this challenge, perhaps, through the arts of courtly love.

Seasons have caressed the globe since I last put my hand to such a task, but I am willing to make the attempt to rekindle an historical art and old skill. The heart that speaks through my hands onto this page does not follow 13th Century rules of such 'courtly love' as I cannot be interested in keeping my feelings secret, nor does my belief include that the chivalric expression of affection be limited to those who are unable to execute upon said affection.

The perfect traditional courtly love is forever and irrevocably unrequited, only to share, at most, furtive glances across a dinner table or tournament field. My words and feelings do not come as this tradition, but from this tradition and expressed through a chivalric construct that is mine and mine alone.

I would express these words and the concepts they represent to you with the desire to know you better and a want, a yearning, to be closer to you. For me, there is no reason to hold anything back; no reason to withhold affection or to be content with those furtive glances.

How could I ever be satisfied?

So, as the sun rises on another day of knowing you better, I would ask your permission, from time to time, to send you this form of verse as a romantic gesture and to share my feelings with you.

Do you give permission, or shall I desist?

Yours, YYYY.