i want to ask you for a favor,
a big favor; it means very much to me.
i need your help to do something.

i'm trying to get to know you.
i want to be your friend.
but this is very difficult,
it is not at all easy.
not because you are particularly hard to know,
but i am particularly poor at discovering you.

you see it is one thing to want to do something,
and another to make the effort to do it,
and still another to actually do it.

in other words, sometimes it may not seem
like i want to be your friend.
and maybe i don't know just how to do it,
but don't let that fool you,
i'm never-the-less trying.

that's where you come in.
i'm kind of new at this,
and naturally clumsy at first,
so you've got to let me try.
you have to give me a chance
that's why i need your help.

more important than that, though,
it's a two-way street,
implying an effort from both of us.
it's a joint venture.
that is why i need your help.

i want to know you,
that's why i need your help.

- Anonymous