Afraid to love

I admit,

I was afraid

to love.

Not just love,

but to love her.

For she was a stunning

mystery. She carried things

deep inside her that no one

has yet to understand,

 and I,

 I was afraid to fail,

like the others.

She was the ocean

and I was just a boy

who loved the waves

 but was completely

terrified to

swim.