Love Once Known Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Where else can I take this depth of love?
What steps should I take,
If it leaves you afraid to follow.
I knew those fears before but not anymore.
You say it is love you wish.
And when I give it it is dismissed
Regardless of how much I prove it to expose.

Where else can I take this depth of love?
Only with you I want to submerge,
Completely.
No secrets kept do I keep as once I did.
And teasing is not as sweet as feeling fulfilled.
You want me on my knees pleading? No not me.

Where else can I take this depth of love?
What steps should I take,
If it leaves you afraid to follow.
I knew those fears before but not anymore.
You say it is love you wish.
And when I give it it's dismissed
Regardless of how much I prove it to expose.

Even on my knees pleading,
If pleading would please...
You would still seek an image of love I can't give.
I feel it not to question the reality and truth of it.
And your doubts keep you in fear.
Trust me to know this...
Love once known always recognizes it for what it is!