When I talk to you

I try so hard

Thinking of witty things to say

I do my research and ask questions

I rehearse and practice over and over

But

My words are never enough

My thoughts are with you constantly

Teasing, taunting until I think I'll go insane

I have to let you know
I try to put what is inside on paper

But the page stays blank

Because any frail scratching

Seems silly

And stupid

Not enough for you

If I walked a thousand miles

And swam a thousand oceans

If I climbed a thousand mountains

Journeyed across a thousand desert

It could never be far enough for you

If all the wealth of the world was mine

Gold and jewels of great beauty and worth

If the sun and moon were mine to give

And every star in every sky

They could never be enough for you

If I could speak with the tongue of angels

Lived for a thousand lifetimes

Studied beneath the greatest poets and orators

I would never be able to say the smallest part of enough

If I could give you peace and security

And make the sun shine on you every day of your life

If I could chase the rain clouds from your skies

And paint rainbows in their place

Make you smile and laugh always

That could never be enough

Are the oceans depths deep enough for you?

Is the sun's brilliance bright enough for you?

Is the distance from East to West far enough for you?

Is joy and hope enough for you?

Never

If I could give you all that I am

If I could give you me a thousand times over

If I gave you all my love for now and forever

How could that even begin to be enough

One single lifetime I have

So short a time

To try and find enough

To try and be enough

For you

Enough for you

Is there enough anywhere

In anything

In everything

For you?

How small the words

On my paper seem

How tiny my voice

Trying to say what I feel

But I think it's useless

Although I will never stop trying

Even infinite

And forever

They don't seem like enough