Do I Dare?

I find myself missing you
though I tell myself
I have no right
to think of you as mine,
and yet, I can't deny this truth
I am most intrigued by this growing need
for you and only you,
thoughts of ...
oh! how they tease
curiously
inconspicuously,
when I least expect
there they are,
all around
confounding
tantalizing...

the essence of your presence
draws me near
caressingly,
to the dawn of something
so brand new,
do I dare reveal
this tender flame that calls your name
listen,
do you hear?

(12.30.08.ajs)