To imagine you there

As you are

As I see you

In my mind's eye

I knew it could never be

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The clouds whispered their rain

A drenching onslaught

Of feelings for you

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I never could have imagined

I'd be able to talk to you

As a friend and

Maybe more

In time

Who knows?

I dare not guess

What it feels like to know

Your most intimate caress, at best

I'll think of what I want and

Watch it slowly loosen

The fingers of my

Hand

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Foolishly

I hold on too tight

I don't want to lose the ones

I keep around me but

All too often

I do