I know you'll have your fun
I know you'll have your laughs
so I'll keep this short and sweet
confined to a few paragraphs

I'll be thinking of you, of course
I'll be wishing you were here
I'll be thinking of our bagels
Black Russians with a schmear

I know you'll be okay
I know that so will I
but still my day is always better
when I catch you in my eye

Love gives me strength
but also makes me weak
Love gives me hope
though our future seems bleak

Love makes me see
but also makes me blind
the closeness that I seek
is really hard to find

I strive to love in the present
Love only for Love's sake
because in reality
ALL love ends in heartbreak

Love at first sight
is easy to understand
You see someone attractive
and you want to hold her hand.

But love that's deep and true
is when you see inside
and all their inner beauty
is in your view and amplified.

If I was blind
I would have fallen in love with your voice
I would have fallen in love with your laughter

If I was deaf
I would have fallen in love with your beauty
I would have fallen in love with your graceful movements

... but I am neither and I have fallen in love with it all and more.

Maybe if I could speak
as well as I write
I wouldn't have to quickly
get out of your sight

If I could turn the thoughts
that I have in my head
and string them into
some sort of viable vocal thread

I know what I want to say
but the thoughts go through a shredder
and come out of my mouth
like some sort of garbage spreader

so I keep my words short
when I'm talking to you
and hope that my love
will always shine through