With love, I never learned to breathe deep.
I never learned to hold with open hands;
I never learned to be still with love.

So if you love me hold me tightly, please.
Do not let me fall beside my silence;
Do not let me wait here with closed fists.

Teach me what love can be for girls like me.
Guide me along the stream of deep feelings;
Where you and I can belong for a time.