The Question

Hello there! What?
Yes...I missed you too.
But I wanted to see you
To ask a question. Urgent?
Not horribly so,
But please don't go! It's
Important, I'll tell you that.
Sit down here,
And come very near...
I want to whisper this softly.
I've been trying to tell you in letters
and calls,
But the words always die on my lips,
And my scrawls,
And you're constantly gone,
And my heart has an ache,
And I'm not sure how long this will take.
How long what will take?
The question of course! But
I must tell you from beginning
To end. It started off with a friend.
What friend? Don't you know?
Well I'll tell you now...