My love for you stretches far beyond the depths of my inner soul.

I eat, sleep, and wake thinking of you constantly as though an insatiable mode.

No other man can replace the love I feel for you.

I’ve tried and tried desperately seeking and yet always failing.

It’s you, the one I want, I need and I desire most of all in this life

A soul-mate, envisioned with relaxed tones of beauty and pleasure.

I ache so completely all inside with the knowledge of these feelings

seemingly bottled up forever.

Will I ever come to face you with the truth?

Who can hold back the tears of joy/pain as it streams down my face in recognition of you?

I love you truly, so much that it hurts.

And it will pang me even more to face you with my love.

written by Joan Farley Nyobe