I Would Not Love You I would not love you With requisite To build fences of rules Around a heart so exquisite It's not my place to let You be who you are or meant to be, But simply to enjoy the beauty unfolding before me. I would not love you Despite flaws and imperfections For to do so Would be a great deception To blind myself to that Which makes you unique Is not a loss Of which I seek. I would not love you With hope to gain Love is a gift to be given freely And without claim Not to be measured In terms of cost For no time with you would ever be wasted And no love given could ever be lost.