A VALENTINE'S NIGHT DREAM

What right have I to feel this way
when I gaze upon your face,
to yearn with every living cell
for passionate embrace?

Such eyes, those lips, I gasp 'Oh God'
and quickly turn away,
before these rising tides in me
forbidden thoughts display.

I long to kiss, caress and hold you
deep into the night,
I want to be there when you wake
it somehow seems so right.

I'm an anorexic insomniac,
all I need is you
and yet this fragile, rapturous dream
never could come true.

I am no fool, I know the Sun
will never touch the Earth,
but without his vital presence
what would she be worth?

Like our Earth, I live a life
far removed from you,
still you are the impetus
in everything I do.

I'm aware I have no right to feel
the way I feel for you,
but at least when life betrays, you'll know
a distant heart is true.