If I Were To Love You Poem by Margaret Alice

I dare not love as much as I can,
actually nobody does – because
if we did, our hearts would burst;

The higher we go, the harder we
fall, the greater the pain – if I
were to love you as much as I

Could, just seeing you would
be ecstasy - and any negative
word would feel like a red-hot

Knife plunged into me - I limit
the love that I feel as much as
I can – as everyone does –

We’re not supposed to float
about in bubbles of lust –
especially since Dylan Thomas

Pointed out the let-down element;
I cannot allow myself to find out
how low we can go; the little bit

Experienced was already too
much, so I keep it all back –
like everyone does; just allowing

Small glimpses to shine through –
as much as reality can hold without
bursting asunder immediately

Only future generations in an utopian
world will know the pleasure of
unconditional love – until then

We all scrape along on the little
bits that escape the iron hold
in our soul…