i have loved you from afar for years.
i never dared to get near for the fear
of making you scared.

now the leaves are set
to fall and
we prepare to say goodbye to yet
another set
of girls that we both have loved and
i'm not sure if i should love you from afar
or up close,
because right now you're comatose
and i don't know what i'm supposed
to do so that you can learn to cope.

even if you push me away,
i want you to know that i will stay
for as long as you want me to.
though it is not today,
nor tomorrow,
nor real soon,
i will continue to love you from afar
until you love yourself too.