descend

you tell me goodnight and say that you’ll stay,

i tell you it’s fine, don’t go out of your way.

you kiss my forehead and down my neck,

i brace for the morning when there’s not a speck of you left in this bed.

but you’re kissing my chest now and it feels so nice

to be loved, to be touched, but it’s just a slice

of the attention i need, i crave, from you,

and now my sheets aren’t the only things blue;

your lips on my hips, my hands in your hair,

fuck, darling, i know that you won’t be there

in the morning, i need you, i love you, i do,

please, baby, just one night, one more, with you.

you’re kissing my thighs, my knees, my feet,

it tickles but i’m aching, your love a constant beat in my heart, in my head,

but i’m wishing i’d said

that i loved you, needed you, for more than this,

that i love you, i need you, for more than this bliss.

you come back up and kiss my lips;

a gentle declaration, and my stomach flips.

you lay down beside me and pull me in close,

tell me you won’t leave me, but it feels so morose.

when i wake, youll be gone, and i’ll be okay,

but one day i hope that you’ll actually stay.