A single door, a single lock, a single key

I stand here waiting

with all the world to see

I try to move but it seems

it cannot be.

I love you with all the world

and all the world I’d give

to see you give that love to me

such a selfish thought

but tried and true

I know your heart

is a many chambered room

filled with waters

too deep and dark to see

Of all those rooms I know

but one is for me

With that I am content

but here is what I see

A single door

A single lock

if I but had the key

How deep your love can be

I know to be true

yet I know how much

you have been hurt

and oh how long

it takes to heal

I could stand and wait

a thousand years

holding a single light

dim and weak

in a maelstrom of wind and rain

if I but knew that there was

a ship to come in

I wait

you do not push away

I do not walk away

I wait

for you to let me in

My heart fights within me

how unproud I am of my

so selfish soul

I want to understand you

and I know that I do

But how it aches my heart

to hear you say

you want to love me

but you cannot

if what you want cannot be

then what is there for me

For if you truly want to love

I know that it can be

Here I stand

and here I’ll be

when you are ready

we can be together

just you and me

My only hope is

to that single door

with that single lock

I can be that single key