I won't love you
Like the bee loves the flower
With mindless attraction
I will think of you
Hour after hour after hour
With countless and conscious devotion

I won't love you
Like the desert loves the rain
When it falls after months of waiting
I will long for you like it
When our distance is too great
And preserve every moment in a timeless memory

I won't love you
Like the volume of the ocean
Fading from blue to abyssal black
Your essence will engulf me
Encompassing every aspect of my being
Still holding dear the shimmer of your hair in the sun

I won't love you
Like any poet has ever scribed
Or dreamed of loving anything
I will simply hold you close
Take one deep breath
And whisper in your ear all the things they wish they could whisper

I won't love you
With the devotion of a man of cloth
In his compassion for a Greater Power
I will believe in us
As many have for centuries
So much so that our love will be worshipped