Will you?

Will you still love me even if I’m not perfect?
Will you still love me even if I’m not the kind of person you wished I were?
Will you still look into my eyes with warmth even if you saw my shadows?
Will you still hold my hand even if you knew there will be times I’d let you down?

For though I yearn to take care of you as I should, though I desire to love you with a love that never falters and fades, my knees tremble this very moment that you hold me in your arms.

Shall I kiss you?
Shall I hold your hand and bask in the light of your spirit knowing that I have my darkness, knowing there will be times that the light of my love will sometimes be overshadowed by the darkness that is in me?

Sometimes I’d be silent and I might bore you.
I may not laugh at your jokes, and you may not understand the spell that’s enshrouding me. Sometimes I’d get troubled and I’d fail to put into words what the hell it is that troubles me.
I wouldn’t be good company then, and I couldn’t make you smile.

Sometimes I’d get moody and I might not enjoy the things you’d like us to do together.
Sometimes I’d lose my temper and I’d no longer act like the fine person who stands before you today. Sometimes I’d get jealous and I might say things I don’t really mean.
Sometimes I’d talk too much that I might drive you away.

Sometimes I’d get touchy and I’d get easily hurt.
And no matter how mature I try to be, at times I’d act in childish ways.
I’d demand things I shouldn’t,
I’d say things I shouldn’t say.
And no matter how much I desire to protect you and make you happy, sometimes I’d be the one who’d cause you the most pain.

If you will love me I cannot promise you that I will not hurt you.
I cannot promise you that I will not make you cry.
But if you will love me,
I will bare my whole self naked before you, and I will reveal to you my soul.
If you will love me, you can be certain that it is I that you will love, not a mask that fools you and gives you only what your eyes desire to see.
If you will love me, you can be certain that you will love the depths of me, all of me that is in me, and I in turn will love you with all of me, with all my soul, with all my mind, with all my spirit, with all my flaws and beauty, and with all my very heart.

CopyPaste from Faris Imadi, 2010