Steps Turn Into a Dance

I hope you are the one

-There. That's something

I won't ever let you know. 

It goes where secrets go

Somewhere deep inside my soul. 

I hope you are the one

-I'll set my sights on you

And watch and wonder

And hope and dread

As each day passes,

And this doesn't fall apart.

I wait and expect it

To break within itself

Like everything else 

That's started out as something good.

It would be much easier

If this was a 'could have been',

Instead of something

That might shake the basis

Of what I have been

And who I am,

But I hope you are the one

-It's a flicker deep inside

That has barely come alive.

If you are what you say you are,

If there's meaning to your words,

Then maybe my hand can fit

Together with your hand.

Maybe our steps can turn into a dance,

Or at least we won't trip

If we try to walk in time. 

Mostly I just hope

That by some chance

This won't leave me lost,

And perhaps once will be enough

To remove my garden walls

And let me learn to trust

And then maybe to love.