Would You Mind?

Would you mind

If I took your hand in mine

And tried to pass the time

Like this?

 

Would you mind

If I smiled

All the while

The world outside

Had rain?

 

Would you care

If I had something

To share

But couldn't find the courage

To speak up?

 

And

If I acted

Before I thought?

And just before I got there,

I started to think

And stopped?

 

Would you meet me halfway?

When I can't quite follow through

With what I started?

Half of the fear,

But half

An unremembrance

Of how to love.

 

Told since the day I was five

That my destiny

Was to rot in this town.

 

Told for as long as I can remember

That I

Will never

Fall in love.

 

But trust me, my love,

I am willing to try.

 

I know now

That I am more than a namesake.

More than the pictures on the wall.

 

That I am allowed to fall in love.

But

Would you mind

 

If I still had doubts?

If I still hesitate

Every time I get close

To letting go?

When I get close

That I cannot follow through?

  

Would you meet me halfway?

When at the end of the day,

I couldn't be bold enough,

Couldn't be strong enough?

  

Would you mind?

Would you mind?

Would you mind...?

 

Because I love you.

I would never say it to your face.

So I'll say it in the place,

The one you don't know about.

 

I love you

As more than friends

More than lovers

A quantum connection.

 

And oh how I wish

I could be straightforward

And tell you.

 

Be bold

And do everything

I wish I could.