Still Lips
I love you.
No other words could describe
the feelings I bear.
I look at your smiling face
and know.
I love you.
Not for the way
others view you.
Not for the way
you want to be seen.
But for who you are,
inside,
The person you show
when you think no one sees.
I love you.
You cared for me when I was down.
Just a smile from you and I was
in heaven.
Just to hear you laugh
was bliss.
I love you.
But I can't love you.
How can I hold these feelings for you
if they will never be returned,
other than in the form of
a friendship?
How can I love you,
if you love another?
How can I love you,
if another loves you?
If that other,
was someone I loved too?
How could I have these feelings for you,
if someone else feels the same as me?
How could I,
betray another?
So I,
I will step back.
I will watch from the side, and
set you free.
I will let you love,
whoever you chose.
If that person is not me
I'll be okay.
If your arms weren't around me.
I won't be hurt.
If you lit up
for someone that was not me,
I'd be fine.
Because as long as you're always smiling,
I will always be all right.
Your happiness
Is my happiness.
My heart may be breaking.
My inside
may be bleeding,
and the tears may fall from my eyes,
but I love you.
No matter how much the pain is,
no matter how much I hurt,
no matter how much I long,
desire,
pray,
and wish...
I will never keep you from being happy.
Because,
I love you.