Would that I...

What? Me? No, no... I'm a diva. You don't even know. And tonight, when the night darkens from this tension of daylight and starlight, heralding a more forceful presence even than my own, I will be a goddess.

Until then, I wait pensively, combed to an external picture of sultry serenity. Inside, though, I'm swallowing time in gasps. Please, please, please...