i need you beside me
as it turns out
to talk to and to kiss and to hold
to sleep next to and to feel safe with
to smell and to touch and to taste
my senses beg for you
like a phantom limb
desiring your presence when you’re not here
filled up by it when you’re beside me
reassured in the middle of the night
after insomniac drinks and videogames
after promises and revelations
you always come back to me just like i need you to
and waiting for you never leaves me empty
it leaves me warm and spooning and
soft
little
sigh
ing.
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