"I WILL keep dreaming"

To all those who have loved and missed the moment to share their dreams.
(And, in a more cynical tone, to all those bound in the never ending cycle of affection and infatuation):
"No Happy Ending...That's Fair"
(The title is a work in progress, like the writer, sorry).

I hardly know you,
Yet I feel as if I always have.
I remember the day I met you:
In a crowd, with thoughts so loud
You smiled; I shook your hand
And felt my heart expand.
You were beaming like the sun,
As you smiled at everyone.

I didn't think I'd see you again.
I didn't know why I cared.
But now, a few chance-meetings later,
I'm dreaming dreams I've never dared.
For once I see a glimpse of my future-
What I could have, and I'm not scared.
But I know I'm ill-qualified;
I know I'm underprepared.

And now I'm too late.
There's nothing to share.
You've found your love,
And you don't care.
I barely know you
So that's fair.
How could I even dare
To feel the things I've felt,
To pray the things I pray.

God, so help me, give me strength
To dance another day.
I haven't gone through fire and water
To have my heart break again-
To be where I've already been.
But not my will, but yours be done.
You know best...Maybe this isn't the one.

Maybe I'm too afraid to face the truth
When the truth is good and free.
Maybe truth isn't good enough;
Not when I'm not ready to see.
I forsee the pain and heartache,
But, a happy ending? How can that be?
It's something I just don't forsee.
And the one thing I've always known
Is it's not, and never was, about me.

Don't despair... Some of us actually Do care. No, that's not part of the poem; I rhyme all the time, so get used to it. And there is a happy ending to The romance of all romances... So what more could I ask for? Mmh... I will keep dreaming. "I WILL keep dreaming! I will keep dreaming, my friend! And when I wake up you better hope, you better hope you're... asleep!" Lol, just imagine Ben Stiller's face and the quote is that much better. ;-) love you all, (*thia