Just Wanted You to Know: I Love You

Just wanted you to know: I love you.

Months have passed since we became close friends.

Every day I find I'm thinking of you,

Though no word from you that message sends.

And yet we share all other thoughts and feelings:

I cannot wait to tell you of my day,

And you give me the gist of all your dealings,

Which makes me hope we walk in the same way.

Telling you this is opening a door

That never can be closed again, and yet

I must, because I ache for something more,

Something that I must risk all to get.

Some night, perhaps, we'll go hang out somewhere;

I will reach for you, and you'll be there.

How Can I Tell You What I Feel for You

How can I tell you what I feel for you?
When I think of you my feelings twist inside
As if someone's fist reached in and grabbed a few,
And turned and turned them tight and tangled. I've tried
Somehow to say: You're the sun in my sky,
The wind that takes me where I want to go,
The sweet incense that makes me feel so high
That loving you seems all I need to know.
But it all sticks in my throat! It sounds too cute,
Empty as a wrinkled paper bag.
You won't believe it! Better I stay mute
Than offer you cliches that make you gag.
And yet I wish to tell you of my love,
If only love its own locks would remove!