I've been in love so many times
I've lost each one to passion crimes
With all of my heart, to the core of my soul
I love you and now I feel free to let you know
The barrier of marriage has fallen to the ground
Now friendship's all that's left to seek a way around

The question is so hard to ask
Once more my friendship is a mask
Concealing from you my inner most hope
While friendship is strung up on the end of a rope
Am I betraying your trust by following my heart?
Are my feelings something I should never impart?

If I hide this, is it a lie?
Will my love for you live or die?
Is it better to leave, to run away
Without letting you know my heart wants me to stay?
A lifetime of dreams keep telling me I must go
But I can't walk away without letting you know

So with one breath I'll say goodbye
And with the next I'll start to cry
For when I tell you what my heart feels
Our friendship will suffer for all it reveals
But this is my fate, to never have love returned
I am unworthy of yours, a love I have not earned

03/08/2001

Posted on 09/27/2005
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