“Amiss”

By Athena Stairs, February 27, 2016

Once is not enough
I cannot kiss your lips

Can’t weather through the pain
If get more than just a glimpse

Of your candid smile
Holding hands the while

Through the pounding rain
I’d come back again

I’ll learn from you
Enjoy your wiles

Absorb the view
Of your every smile

And when comes due
They’ll be no fear

A love that’s true
We’ll nourish here

Many times
I’ve fallen before

To burnished love
Upon closed doors

Not this time love
I will hold true

I’ll be myself
The same to you

I can’t explain
How important it is

To remain clear
And hold this bliss

I’ll not regret
Staking this claim

Opportunity as this
Rarely comes again

I’ll learn from you
Enjoy your wiles

Absorb the view
Of your every smile

And when comes due
There’ll be no fear

A love this true
We’ve nourished dear

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Intent: I will love you and build something real, with healthy boundaries 

Romantic, slow wistful longing that gets swirled into hints of light playfulness and humored chagrin sharing “ah – if only!”

Emphasis changes on the word “dear”
First time through as “tender,” last time through as “my dear”

Big band, of course.
The part “not this time love” done in such a way as to be speaking to love itself and/or to the person being sung to.