So call me

more love poetry

I woke up this morning and realized
I still want you
but for all the reasons
you do not want me.
I want you because I am lonely
and I need a friend
I want you because you walk in the room
and no butterflies stir inside me
I want you because
I feel safe when you are around
I want you because you do not
frighten me or make me need you
so much it hurts when you go
I want you because I do not feel
the fire in your arms
but the warm glow of a candle
I have felt the thud thud of my heart
when he left the room
and the weakness in my knees when we kissed
I also felt the kick in the gut
when he slammed the door
and the terror when he returned

But you want that fire because
you have never been burned
the heat, the excitement, the
incredible longing
the stuff that novels are made of
and hearts broken by
every day.
I want you because I trust you
but trust isn't enough for you right now.

So call me once she tears your heart out
and roasts it like a marshmallow
over that open fire.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Neville]

I would have called.. honest, I just lost ya number.. and what with you keep on moving.. I thought we were over..... this is so flippin good it aint real.. darn near perfect in my book.. well in any book for that matter.. Oh' and furthermore.. I sincerely hope this kicks starts a shed load of subsequent reviews because it is so in need of being appreciated.... I got a good idea who might..... dont we.... Neville

[Lyn Anderson]

oh you are too kind. I feel somewhat disconnected from the old me -- she was in a lot of pain -- she needs a hug.:)

[Neville]

take this and use it well ( ):)

[Chris]

To very, very real. We don't choose whom we love, just whom we like.

[ron]

Great poem KL. That does sound like the perfect relationship.