Love Isn't Easy

I love you deeply
with all my heart
and I know we promised
never to part

But at times
I feel the pain so deep
and the promise I fear
I may not want to keep

You watch and you stare
at all but me
I stand naked before you
and you still do not see

How sad the days
we loved and lost
something so special
it seems that was the cost

You and I
we've lived and learned
What comes easy to most
for us is hard-earned

Please give to me
that which I desire
The touch that you give
sets my heart on fire

I know you know
just how it's done
you probably think
'that's not much fun'

If I continue this way
in the state of unknown
It will be because
I couldn't tough it alone

Without you here
being right at my side
I'd have to be lonely
and give into my pride

If you cannot be
both strong and true
Then I wish you'd leave
and take your things too

If only you knew
how lonely it seems
You'd humble yourself
and be the man of my dreams

I know you can
you have before
What's happened since then
am I just a bore

When you had
to jump, chase, and run
You wanted me badly
and were so much more fun

Now you act old
and uninterested too
How would you feel
if you were wearing my shoe

Rejection, distance,
put-out and not there
What if I lived
my life not to care

What would be of you
and the little ones too
Would you say you were happy
or would you feel blue

Reach out and notice
oh, please take my hand
I'm right here beside you
awaiting I stand

This is the life
of love and pain
Please tell me sweet darlin'
I'm not waiting in vain

Even if you're not
quite sure what to do
Stand closer to me
because I am scared too

I feel so unsure
of where I stand
Why don't you reach out
and take my hand

Please talk to me babe
and open your heart
and I'll promise to try
by doing my part