There may come a day when
you fall in love with me.
And because you are good, and kind,
and all the wonderful things a person can be
eventually, it will became clear to me
that I am not deserving of your love.
And I’ll have to fight the urge to run
like an animal before a forest fire.

There may come a day
When I will love you anyway
Because although life may have turned me wild
I do remember love, and I still believe.
But it's feral and dangerous, this love of mine.
And infected with all sorts of dark, ugly things.

Because you have always lived
in safety and warmth
You will come to believe
that I have joined you there
nestled by the fire
in the mansion of your love
But there’s no way in (no way in at all)
for someone like me.

From then on out,
I'll spend my life
in that terrifying space
Between your love and mine

And I’ll crawl all over those badlands and back alleys
building shoddy, stupid scaffolds,
and rickety bridges and catwalks,
to get as close as I can…
never close enough to feel the heat from your heart
but at least near enough to glimpse its light

And because I’ll love you
almost as fiercely as I love myself
I’ll build great dams and levees
to keep you safe
from the darkness
inside me.