Projection

'You are too much, 

Too intense, 

Too deep, 

Too giving, 

Too loving, 

Too sensitive, 

Too intelligent. '

'But isn't that good?'

'It may be, 

But I am not, 

So I cannot reciprocate.'

'But you are not me, 

And I don't want you to be. 

Do you want me to be less? 

Because that's one thing

I really can't do. 

I am too much 

Of myself to change. 

I can help you

Reach out to touch the sky, 

But I can't make

Your arms longer. 

Could you be you, 

And I could be me, 

Both imperfect as we are? 

Or is that too much

To ask?'