How could I love you?

How could I love you?
I want to be with you,
You were one of my friends,
But feelings have changed.

I love you dearly,
Be mine I pray,
I know my hopes of being with you are difficult,
Society doesnt want us to be soul mates.

I wish you were a girl,
Or I was a girl,
Maybe that would make our love OK,
I would do anything for you.

I want to be able to be with you,
I dont want to care what people think,
The lies and the rumors,
Make our love seem merely impossible.

Youre lying here in tears,
And I want to hold you close,
But people are watching,
And our love is forbidden.

**this is dedicated to my uncle who is getting married to his boyfriend**