You don't do it purposely
Its just how you are
And I keep bearing the pain
Thinking you'd change.

I wish you were not like this.

But if you weren't
I would stop wanting you

I watched you watch me
Sitting across the desk
Wonder what must've been breezing
Through your mind then!

As you locked your gaze
And leaned ahead
Did you see the surrender
In my feverish eyes

As I devoured your erect and lofty figure
And the throbbing apple of Adam
Don't tell me you didn't sense
The want in my breath

Your fingers played a sweaty jig
As they brushed against mine
I almost kissed
When you whispered to me

And my heart raced ahead with
Myriad possibilities
Wonder if yours skipped a beat
Or was it just me?

You've seen it clear
But my shoulders are slender
And can bear not
The weight of your words

Talk to me not of fate
And providence
The whip that chars
And strips the soul

Tell me not what
The future holds
Nor show a vision
That misleads the mind

Tell me not of planets and stars
Of inscriptions of Gods
And how they conspire
To fulfil a plot

Just pray for a little strength
So I can endure, and meet destiny
Somewhere along
The path of free will

Do you love me now
Just the way I am?
Will you love me tomorrow
If I stay like I am?

Don’t.

Don’t love me then
For I would change
What then would you do
When familiarity escapes?

When things won't be
All hunky dory
And rosy
And mushy.

I know I would change,
And so would you.
And I'm fine.
Are you willing to risk?

We may grow,
Or outgrow.
Are you willing
To see if it ticks
Despite the change?

Will you be by my side
Knowing, that tomorrow
Won’t be the same?

I came across this beautiful William Somerset Maugham quote as a new year's greeting:
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.