Love's Ties


I don't want to seem too needy
Or to scare your heart away
I can't be small and greedy
So I guess I have to say:
You are free, you are free
To sit by my side and just be
You are free, free to go
Though I will miss you so
You can love someone new
While you still love me, too
You are free to be you
And that means I am free
To be me

But for someone this lonely
Letting go is hard, and only
Possible because this love is real
And I want you to know how I feel:
You are free, you are free
To love unreservedly
To reach up to the heights
Of your heart's highest flights
To find all your delight
Out of reach, out of sight
If it's love, it finds a way
To return to earth someday
You can come back home to me
With my love I set you free
To be all you can be
And I'm free
To be me

Poetry