So Tell Me, Why Isn't My Loving Good Enough?

So Tell Me, Why Isn't My Loving You Enough?

Why can't you be content with the tender love that I share with you? Why can't you be pleased with the incredible joy we experience together?
Why can't you be satisfied with the unbridled passion I offer with such abandonment?
Why do you still demand more--that which I am not willing to let go of? I give you my love and my body unconditionally, without restraint,
Experiencing something so new, so wonderful, so unbelievable.
But some things belong only to me and I must hold on to them for myself.
I must be free to live my own life and make my own choices.
I won't be told what to do and how to do it, or what I can't do.
I won't be caged. I won't be owned by someone else--I belong only to me!
Why, when you hold my heart in your hands, must you also need to chain my soul?
So tell me, why isn't my loving you enough?

Because you can't grasp a rainbow, does it make it any less exquisite?
Is not a butterfly more beautiful flying over a meadow, than dead and mounted in a book?
Is not the bubbling brook's joyful sound more enhanced as it rushes unrestrained?
Is the warm breeze less caressing and soothing because it cannot be held in your hand?
And so it goes with our love. You already have everything that I can give you.
When you look at my face, do you not see the radiance that glows from within me?
When you look into my eyes, do you not see my love reflected there?
If you listen, do you not hear the tenderness that resonates in my voice?
If you feel, do you not sense the anticipation inside me when you are near?
When you hold my body, does it not tremble at your touch and you feel the passion that courses through me?
So tell me, why isn't my loving you enough?

Love for me is the true essense of living,
Love for me is free and giving;
Love can't be boxed or packaged,
Love can't be chained or owned;
Love must be willing, open, spontaneous, unrestrained.
Love is a very special gift when offered--
You can chose to accept it or reject it,
But don't devalue that gift with conditions and restrictions,
Traps or lies, tricks or manipulations
Or you steal the magic away until there is nothing left.

Why must games be played--why must this oh so familiar dance be done?
Why must you stake out your territory and place your brand on me like I am some piece of property?
Men have always said they love me, but in truth, all they wanted to do was to own me-- Display me like some trophy on their wall.
Am I not a person? Do I not have feelings?
Am I not part of this relationship? Do I not have some rights?
Why must you have it all your way, while telling me that all you want is what's best for me,
When in truth, all you want is what you think is best for you?
Why, when we share the sun and stars, do you also demand the universe?
So tell me, why isn't my loving you enough?

When you see the sunshine break through the brooding clouds, is it less uplifting because you know it will soon disappear behind another cloud?
Is life less valued and cherished because it is not infinite or less exciting because of constant change?
Is the wonder of the aureole borealis less magnificent because it is not permanent?
Does the volcano have less power or the heat of a flame have less intensity because it will eventually burn itself out?
And so it goes with our love. Why do you demand what you, yourself, cannot give?
Why must you cloud what we have with unreasonable demands and expectations?
Why are you taking something special and weighing it down with you conditions;
Squeezing the life out of it with your own needs and trying to convince me they are mine;
Draining the true essence of our love and throwing away all that we have--
The extraordinary joy, tenderness, passion and delight?
So tell me, why isn't my loving you enough?

Because I have been loved by others, does that tarnish the love that I give you?
If there should be others in my life, does that diminish what we share when we are together?
Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never comes and now is all we have and life is quickly slipping by.
Help me save what we have while there is still a flicker left.
Let us fan our love with joy and giving, and accept without conditions.
Let us savour the moment, and cherish the time we share together.
Let love touch our hearts and warm us without manipulations, games, lies and hurting words.
You can't hold a rainbow in your hand or catch the whispering breeze.
Would you turn down a piece of heaven because you can't own it? I wouldn't!
So tell me, why can't my loving you be enough for you?

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