'I Can't Come Anywhere Near You'

I Can't Come Anywhere Near You

I want you so much
I can't come anywhere near you
One moment of your touch
I fear I'll never feel you

One day I'll get married
I can't face this much
When he wants to touch me
Drowning memories of us

It would be sublime
The best I'll ever know
I'm too scared to risk
You echoing in my soul
It's too much, I'm too scared
It's too strong, keep me away
Missing you every night
Missing you today

I want you so much
I can't come anywhere near you
I'm aching for your touch but
I couldn't bear to feel you

Walking the deepest shadows
A chance I cannot take
My own mind would haunt me
A path through terror's wake

It's hard enough alone
To stare down that abyss
To think that I could share that
Somehow, with someone else
It's too much, I'm too scared
It's too strong, keep me away
Save me from myself tonight
Save me from today

I want you so much
I can't come anywhere near you
The marble slab, the iron walls
Build them, climb them, breathe you

I want you so much
I can't even show you
If I dared to touch
your arm -
tearing -
apart -
to think -
to try -
to know you

I want you so much
I can't come anywhere near you
I'm aching for your touch
and I can't come anywhere near you

10/15/21

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