Oh, the darkness overwhelms
Every minute I'm sinking deeper
It's hard to see the light
When your thoughts are black as night

But then I see your face
An' the shadows dissipate
An' I'm not so alone
You're the one I've been waiting for

Now you've opened up the door
To my sad and scarred soul
An' I'm so thankful
You're the one I've been waiting for

I do not love you as to hold you in my palms every second,
not as the blessing of wishful thinking, not as sunny days,
I love you as to let you float freely to your will, I love you in rainy nights,
I love you as overtly and covertly as possible. I do not love you as rubies and emeralds but as heartbeats and stolen kisses. I love you as a fleeting moment I may come to regret. I love you with or without cupid's arrow.
I love you.

She told me "say what you must, but do it in two words"
I knew two isn't enough to say what I need to,
I needed a third but I could see the anger in her face,
and I decided to try for the two words in the first place.

Don't leave.

& if I had more choices I would beg her with words
saying "baby please don't leave me, I'm begging, trying to make it as your boyfriend"
" I know it's dangerous, the path that I'm taking,
but baby please don't leave".
"And if I could change it, I'll learn to be more careful, because I always need you, so baby please don't leave".

But in two words, all I could ever really say or feel is a barrier between heart and mind,

Don't leave...          please?