Perhaps it is not for me To be loved, or to love Perhaps, it is for me Only to gaze upon it Like a child gazes at a star In the night sky Maybe, it is for me to see it To be close enough to nearly Touch But never to attain Like a dry, red leaf, in the autumn Floating in the wind I Chase, Yet never catch hold Love, Is my mirage in the dry desert I can see it, But I will die of thirst Long before I reach it