Poem: When I Come To You

When I Come To You

I come not to change you,
But only to delight in our individuality,

I come not to lean upon you,
But only with desire for our love.

I come not to deplete you,
But only to add my life force to yours.

I come not to possess you,
But only to awaken our sharing.

I come not to stand firm upon only my opinion,
But rather to lie closely beside you in tenderness.

When I come to you, I ask only that we come together in love."

-- Carol Fitchett