How Do I Tell Thee

How do I tell thee how I feel When I'm stuck at the proverbial almost Knowing that we'll never be the complete image Merely a beautiful semblance Of what might have been in some other lifetime How can I step forward to tell thee For thy lips are so inviting With a smile that brightens my darkest hours Oh how I long for thy touch And to feel thy intensity through my soul How do I wake from this dream When I fear reality will stop me in my tracks Alone and heartless is the light of truth Daring to merge deep fantasy with hope Yet still I want to speak these words How do I tell thee how I feel When forever will we be almost lovers still