i don't want everything

i slept with her
the other night
she said she loved me
it was alright
but after a while
i couldn't sleep
i lay there on my back
her head on my shoulder
and i just couldn't think

and it made me realize
i don't want everything
i look in her eyes
and i just want you

just your voice
makes me weak
she can't do that
but you don't have to even try
she plays these games
and i close my eyes
she asks what i'm thinking
and each time i lie

and it makes me realize
i don't want everything
i look in her eyes
and i just want you

she kisses me
and i can't think
of anything except last week
when we were driving
to your house
you giggled when i sang
that song to you
about something, something
and i thought you knew

and it made me realize
i don't want everything
i look in her eyes
and i just want you

"shh, don't say a word.
i'm sorry, but this might hurt"
i told her what's wrong
one final time
she left crying
and i couldn't follow
i told her i was lying
and she said it could have been worse
i could've been cheating
but i was in my head
but that's not what i told her
"maybe i'm not sorry"
is all i said

and it makes me realize
i never wanted everything
every time i looked in her eyes
i only want you

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Michael Kerr]

wow. what passion, what feeling. i felt this at one point. but i dont leave people, they leave me.
great poem.