it is too easy to fall in love with strangers,
too easy to offer my hand
instead of my heart,
because it is the only way I know how to say

                          hello.

the only way I know how to say

                          let me love you gently,
                          because I do not know
                          how to love myself
                          in such a manner.

the only way I know how to say

                         we cannot heal each other,
                         but I will carry your pain for you,
                         even if you do not ask me to.

the only way I know how to say

                         I will stay,
                         even if you send me away.

The only way I know how to say

                        when these words have lost their meaning,
                        will you take my hand, too?