Tread Lightly

This is the first thing I've written in many, many years. I'm no wordsmith or English major(or minor for that matter).
I'll leave punctuation and proper parsing up to others. Although I will take constructive suggestions, I write for myself.
If my sophomoric efforts speaks to a part of you, I'm glad.  I'm just an old guy who has started putting life experiences into words.
Thanks for giving me a place to do this. 


Tread Lightly


Must I walk alone,
Through this life so incomplete.
Should I look for a kindred heart,
To fill the empty void.

For my very being is tied up; and fears to untether,
The noose, of our illicit love.
For if I give my self to another,
Are you still reserved for a later date?

Would I throw her heart down,
At the slightest whisper from your lips?
Could I be that cruel and unfeeling?
I fear I could.

And age has shown me to tread lightly,
Upon the soft soul of another.
I ache when I ponder this,
Knowing I may go on alone.

Waiting for such a time,
When you come to me at last.
Or even when sweet love dies,
And I am someone past.