The Price of Tenderness

Say it with all the sugar you can muster,
But it doesn't hurt any less in my chest.
Childish as it seems I do love you, value you, want you, need you,
Yes, I know that I am inexperienced as compared to you;
I understand your caution at my words.
Just let me know if the price of your tenderness;
Is my inevitable absence from your arms.