Guarded Devotion

If I could only tell you How special you are to me All the worries All the sorrows All the pain Of yesterday would blow away Like burnt leaves in an autumn wind Do you feel the same way? My life would be radically different I would have someone to turn to in times of need Someone to tell me it’s okay Someone to look after me when my hair has gone gray The comfort I’ve searched for my whole life Would be standing Before my very eyes The peace I’ve longed for Would be here at last Loneliness and hopelessness no more You are the center of my galaxy Though I only just realized it How can I express to you the pure joy that captivates My soul When I glimpse your beaming face Peering around the corner Do you feel the same way? If I could only gather the courage to tell you It would change everything It would change my life I hope it would change yours Is it wrong for me to feel this cowardice, This feebleness, This fearfulness, So that I can’t even utter my feelings to you? Oh what I would give to reach inside your mind And pluck out the thoughts that would spring to life If you only knew how I truly felt Please tell me you feel the same way If I could only transform into a brave warrior Who wouldn’t be plagued with doubt and fear that the woman who Captured his heart would speak the words that He doesn’t want to hear Then I could tell you My deepest secret That you are all I think about now Day and night Night and day That you are the essence of my being That you are the reason for my existence If I could only muster the strength to tell you Then maybe Maybe Things would be different