Will You Let Me Long For You?

Would it be OK if I longed for you?
would you allow me,
to miss
every minute I spend,
to yearn
every sweetly pressed kiss,
to crave
every lovingly delivered embrace,
to desire
another moment more,
to dream
of a team where parting
is not sweet sorrow
but just goodbye ’til tomorrow.

Would you allow it if I longed for you?
would you grant me,
to tremble
in your presence and at your touch,
to whither
at a stern and angry word,
to beat
my heart only to be in unison with yours,
to surrender
my heart to your keeping.

wait for me to finish.

I can’t be rushed
in my delivery.
This must be timed,
calculated perfectly.
I have planned and
I have plodded.