lay yourself at my feet
put your heart in my hands
believe me when I say I love you
come rest with me
sleep quietly
I’ll stay awake
watch over and protect you
stroke your hair
kiss your cheek

there won’t ever come a time
that I won’t be content
with just loving you
so many times I’ve begged
prayed you’d see how much I could love you
if only you’d let me
I could give you so much
I wouldn’t hold anything back
only to make you happy

just relax
lie in my arms
put your head on my chest
stay peacefully with me
I won’t ever let you fall
I won’t ever make you lonely
just rest

11/27/2002

Author's Note: I�ve always been bewildered by the fact that some people have a hard time just loving someone. It�s always been so easy for me to love people, so when they can�t return the feeling, I can�t get with that. This poem comes from two places in me: frustration and love. Not plain old boring love, but unconditional love. It knows it might be alone forever, but it continues anyway. There�s frustration in this only because of my own lack of understanding and assurance. A lot of the time we already have what we complain about not having. It�s just that sometimes your situations can�t fill you in on those things. As I wrote this I thought of PJ Harvey�s �Rub �Til it Bleeds.� It�s not the first time I�ve had one of those sadistic flashes. On a first date with a boy after our first kiss, I thought to myself �I could walk out right now and crush his hopes and hurt his feelings. He�d wonder why but there�d be no reason. Boys have done that to me. I could finally do it back.� But I didn�t. Why stoop to a boy�s level? I had the same feeling with this poem. There�s a strong impulse to sing �and you believed me... I�m calling you weak...� I guess that happens whenever I get too sugary sweet. But I would never ever act on it. That�s the whole point of this poem. Some girls might give into that thought, but I wouldn�t because I love you. That�s the big statement here.

Posted on 11/27/2002
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