I Want You, but I Don't Want You to Know
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I want you, but I don't want
you to know. I fear the loss more than I trust the gain. You are my love. I will not let you go. Nor do I have the courage to bestow My love on you, that you might see me plain. I want you, but I don't want you to know. I fear your presence like an undertow That drags me out unready, trite, inane. You are my love. I will not let you go. And yet when you are near I feel your glow Like sunlight dancing through my windowpane. I want you, but I don't want you to know. Empty but for you, I cannot show You anything of interest I contain. You are my love. I will not let you go. I am a box within a box, safe so. Sealed from self, I hide from your disdain. I want you, but I don't want you to know. You are my love. I will not let you go. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. |