How Can You Say

How can you say you love someone
without having seen their smile?
How can you wish to be with them
through all the tears and trials?
How can you share in the vision
when you can only be with them in dreams?
How can you say you love someone
and have all your fantasies be seen?

How can you say you love someone
without ever having held their hand?
How can you think of the future
and include them in the plan?
How can you be content with them
with distance so far and great?
How can you say you love someone
when you cannot control the fate?

How can you say you love someone
when you miss them with this ache?
How can you crave the touch of their hand
when it is at the cost of sanity's sake?
How can you long to hear their voice
when you can only dream and wish?
How can you say you love someone
with the torture of never knowing their kiss?

How can you say you love someone
without looking into their eyes?
How can your soul intertwine theirs
without having shared the barest sigh?
How can you feel their presence
with so many miles apart?
How can you say you love someone
without dying from a broken heart?

© 2007 CRCooney