My life is like a flower
a daisy
You're pulling off the petals

Love me now,

Love me not,

Love me now,

Please

Love is..

...constant
A shadow she casts
Darkness be damned
A welcome reminder
Still trailing my path

...confusion
Did she take my hand?
Or did I take hers?
And who broke the link
when we had to part?

...despair
My head in my hands
Tears in my heart - neither happy nor sad
They are somewhere between
Searching the sky
Tired of running
With nowhere to hide

..memory
Her every touch
Leaves a mark on my skin
No matter how rare
The contact she gives

...anticipation
Years in the making; The First Time We Kiss
Yet to arrive
May never show up
Or may have been missed

..a mystery
That can't be explained
What she posseses
Could never be named

...a moment
Every parting
That we ever shared
Seconds in passing
But years in my care

A short introduction may be necessary. This was written when I was about 18, and was subsequently used for a now partially discarded MC:LC song. I hope to resurrect it soon, removing some of the more banal parts of course.

Fleet of foot, hard of heart
Two of the things that keep my apart
From the thieves and the murderers
Oh Lord, thank you for the suburbs
Proximity breeds contempt;
At least that's what the newsman said
Is it so bad to want to hide
When it's such an ugly world outside?

But they owe you nothing
They owe you nothing at all

I build my walls - dig my moat
In my keep, I won't come out
Lock my doors, in my car
Hide my sons, bear my arms