By Galadrial
Date: 2002 Aug 12
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Weaker Than I Wish

The morning after is sweet regret,
again I have gone past
what you thought we could be,
and you woke with the smoky taste
of a ghost lover
more real than you could credit.

If I am too much a temptation,
it must be for you to say the "no".
I am only strong enough
to carry this heart elsewhere,
if that is your wish---
But I cannot be the one
to pull myself from your arms,
bathing in soft light,
complete in a touch
we neither intended,
but cannot bear to stop.

Look in my eyes and tell me
that your soul is at risk,
and I will go---
But don't ask me please
to be the one to cut these silk bonds,
for I am not that brave,
and not that kind,
and not that selfless.
And when it comes to loving you,
am so much weaker than I wish,
for all the "strong" I sing
when others are watching.