I Swear This Time I Mean It

The night was perfect.

Driving over while the sun still lit the earth…

And leaving minutes before it rose.

I had forgotten, because you let me forget.

Kept me away with excuse after excuse….

and I understand.

It’s over now. You’re back again.

But it’s not like before… I understand now. 

I’m not asking for more than you’ll let me take.

Just giving to you, and knowing you’ll reciprocate.

 

I had forgotten what it was like…

To lay on a chest and hear a steady heart beating.

To have conversation that flowed seamlessly.

You ran your fingers through my hair and said everything I needed to hear.

I get so lonely…

and you remind me what it will be like again someday, to not be alone anymore.

 

You make me believe in the impossible.

That I’ll be happy again.

And that I’m flawless.