Romantic verse
	To You if ever you should go — Poetry by Mark Rector You Don't Have To, by Mark Rector copyright 1984 For Being There, by Mark Rector copyright 1976 I still think about you, by Mark Rector copyright 1985
More Spiritual Poetry
	Vanity and the Obvious, by Mark Rector copyright 1979 This Too Shall Pass, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 Another Virgin Spring, by Mark Rector copyright 1980 Rummaging through Aunt Emma's Photographs The Moment, by Mark Rector, copyright 1974
An eclectic mix of styles
	In the company of solitude, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 The kiss, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 Sticks and stones, by Mark Rector copyright 1987
Prose and Writings
	Tonight I cried, by Mark Rector copyright 1999 The Audible Voice of God, by Mark Rector copyright 2000 A.D. A Tribute to the United States of America, Cited by Mark Rector in 2001, author unknown. Famous Quotes on Computers, Programming and Technical Writing

Written in the mid 80s to a coworker, I composed this in the middle of the night after the bars had closed. Tamara had told me that evening that she would be moving from Colorado Springs to Florida, and had asked me if I would "write" her. I had hoped we could be more than friends, but I guess I had not made my intentions clear to her. I gave the poem to her the next evening at work. Originally published at: http://www.horsesense.ws/toyouifever.htm

To you, if ever you should go... Your absence now is everywhere. The room is filled with you're-not-here. If I like sand could sift the air, My hands would fill with not-yet-tears. You're gone not yet, but promise soon My missing-you will reach the moon. Before you leave you want to know If I will write you, keep in touch. Suppose I want you not to go; To stay with me, that we might find If friendship into more would grow? For you to stay, is that too much To ask of one so dear to me? And if it is, I'm not the kind To bind your heart despairingly With bankrupt pleas. So I'll not dare-- When you depart--my loss to share. For then my hopelessness would show To you . . . if ever you should go. ~Mark A. Rector © 1984 Copyright Mark A. Rector. All Rights Reserved.