I desperately wanted you to be mine, but you gave yourself away to so many others.

In secret, you threw me the remaining scraps of your attention.

And like a starving dog, begging under the table, I desperately gathered what I could to survive.

Why were you so cruel when I loved you with everything I had?

I add these to the list of questions that will forever go unanswered.

I love the color of your eyes in the morning sun as you hold me close to you– warm honey gazing at me with longing.

I love the sound of your voice, rough and sweet as we stretch and you ask me how I slept.

This is what I’d been missing. This is what I’ve been waiting for.

Curling up in your strong arms–warm and safe– for a few moments nothing else exists.