scared to love

i sit at the table with jameson
trying to write clever verse
not knowing how to think or feel
you’re gone and that makes it worse

i’m scared to love you in case i scare you
a dream come true, i flinch at my fear
but when i feel you i know that i love you
a dream so real as though you were here

i laugh at what i’ve just written
the music stops and it’s quiet
in the silence i smile at a memory
and i remember to make it all right

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