Afar

It'd be easy to pretend I never met you
It'd be simple to forget how much I care
It'd be crazy not to say how much I need you
It'd be cruel to walk away when I am bare

Is it petulant to ask of you to listen
Is it hopeful to expect you'd understand
Is it difficult for you to really see me
Is it too much to ask if I could hold your hand

Would it be too sentimental to be tearful
Would it be insecure to ask for reasons why
Would it seem too rash to wish that I could hate you
Will I know a love like yours before I die

Here I am with just my words and my true feelings
Here I am with all defenses broken down
Here I am a man a child a hopeless poet
Here am I the happy smiling crying clown

All I ask is that you show your true emotions
Leave the doorway to your heart somewhat ajar
If I cannot share your world and be your lover
Please allow me just to love you from afar