“If we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater."

i am afraid
that i care too much
about you.

i am afraid
that i want something
that isn't possible.

i am afraid
that i feel something
that isn't there.

i'm afraid
that i'll fall in love with you
but you won't love me back.

we have a connection. i feel it. you must feel it too.
it's a connection i've never really had before.
it's been close, but different.
this time, it's real. it's forgiving. it's human.
i don't want it to go to waste.
whatever that means.
i think we could be something.
i think we could be something great.
i think we could be exactly what we need.

i'm just afraid
that you'll never see me
the way you see her.

and i'm afraid
that i'm leading myself
somewhere i'm not wanted.