otherwise i want to be
sometimes u feel like it’s impossible
you think of leaving me
should stop loving me
im standing on the stage
thinking of performing
wondering why applause is nowhere to hear
your eyes keep searching
for the lost emotions
your heart keeps waiting
without having the faith no more
no you can’t say you’re loved
can’t claim what you can’t feel
it’s been an idea of love
something you never need
real is fear
otherwise i want to be
this poem is about a man who is overcome by fear of his own power of loving, whatever has shaped it for him in the past. this is not to judge him for what he has chosen to do. this is mere his feeling and his secret confession to his own heart. this is his belief about himself, not who he truly is.
“love is beautiful, baby, for us who will to take risk.”