You're a lightning bolt straight to my heart
You touch me as if my armor was never there
You pull me towards you without lifting a finger
And it takes all I've got to turn away.
Your hand is benevolent
You love me only as much as either of us can handle
We don't let our dreams get in the way of our reality
And know that not even they can cross these miles.
Another time, another place
We would be inseparable!
The dynamic duo
Partners in crime
Everything that goes into a powerful friendship
And a tender affection
Not potent enough to ruin the union
Nor weak enough to be an awkward barrier.
I won't dream I'm holding you in my arms
Because if you dream always
You must one day wake up.
I will only look forward to that day
When my dreams become our reality
If only for a day, then a day it shall be
And I will not make myself miserable
By begging for another and another
And living in an ideal future that never quite gets there.
I long for the day I see you
But I can wait
Because I am secure enough in what I have
That I don't need to rush what I don't.

--Peter Johnson, 1998