To love you
and still be only a
man
is all I have for you
I'd like to love you
as much as you deserve
but
as you can see
it is still only love
in a human scale
I offer you


Try as I might
(truly, I know
what kind of love
would do you justice
and that kind of love
lives in my deepest
desires...
only to be thwarted
every time I wish
to give it to you)

I have tried
ways untold
to say to myself
and God
I have tried

countless times
to do those things
for you to you

which I thought love
demands in proof
but as you see
either love demands
no proof

and just is
or I don't love you
only you
can decide the answer
to this question
I cannot...

therefore, it remains
for me to continue
to treat you
gentle lady...as I have
may it be enough.
that I truly love you