and i want to play hide and seek,
and give you my clothes and
tell you i love your shoes and
sit on the steps while you take a bath.
and massage your neck
and kiss your face
and hold your hand
and go for a walk.
not mind when you eat my food
and meet at Rudy’s
and talk about the day.
talk about your day.
and laugh at your paranoia.
and give you tapes you don’t listen to
and watch great films
and watch terrible films
and tell you about the tv programme i saw the night before
and not laugh at your jokes
i want you in the morning
but let you sleep in for a while
tell you how much i love your eyes
your lips
your neck
you arse
sit on the steps smoking until your neighbours come home.
sit on the stept smoking until you come home.
and worry when you’re late.
and be amazed when you’re early.
give you sunflowers.
and go to your party and dance.
be sorry when I’m wrong.
and happy when you forgive me.
look at your photos
and wish i’d known you forever.
hearing your voice in my ear
feel your skin on my skin.
and get scared when you’re angry.
I tell you you’re gorgious
and hug you when you’re anxious
and hold you when you’re hurt
and want you when i smell you
and offend you when i touch you
and whimper when I’m next to you
and whimper when I’m not.
dribble on your breast
smother you in the night
and get cold when you take the blanket.
and hot when you don’t.
but melt when you smile
dissolve when you laugh
but not understand how you think i’m rejecting you
when i’m not rejecting you
and wonder how you think i could ever reject you.
and wonder who you are.
but i accept you anyway.
and tell you about the tree angel
the enchanted forest boy
who flew accros the ocean.
because he loved you.
buy you presents you don’t want
and take them away again.
and ask you to marry me.
and you say ‘no’ again.
i wander the city, thinking it’s empty without you
but i want what you want
and think i’m losing myself.
but i’ll tell you the worst of me and try to give you the best of me
because you don’t deserve any less.
answer your questions when i’d rather not.
and tell you the truth when i really don’t want to.
and try to be honest
because i know you prefer it.
and think it all over
hang on for just ten more minutes
before you throw me out of your life
forget who i am.
and let me try and get closer to you.
and somehow communicate some of the
overwhelming,
undying,
overpowering,
unconditional,
all encompassing,
heart enriching,
mind expanding,
ongoing,
neverending
love
i have for you.