i cannot let you go

i cannot let you go, though dirt has touched your case, though some have cried with ease
i cannot let you go, for if i did it would be done, what chance would i possess of you , what meaning could i think of that would satisfy this emptiness your leaving has caused
i cannot let you go even as all the poets and lovers and priests would tell me so , even though a thousand words of common sense should try to sway me
i cannot let you go just as an angel watches over the weak , i too must watch, for you might call for me,do not scold me for you do not understand
i cannot let you go even though my faith be strong it helps me to not let go , for your beauty did not die
i cannot let you go for if i did you might not have existed in your still small way ,so great in my soul
i cannot let you go