Can You See How Much I Want You?

Can you see how much I want you?

I know you can.

So why do you make it so hard?

In my mind we are together,

but my body is out wandering in the cold.

You ask me to separate -

my soul from my body,

my words from my lips,

my warmth from my touch.

I know you have your reasons,

and I respect that.

But are your reasons really so strong

that it justifies -

the sadness it causes,

the pleasure it sacrifices,

the future it jeopardises?

Please stop beating the future with the past!

It's different now.

I love you,

not some of you -

all of you.

We are not parts.