Selfish

I only have tonight to love on you,

To relax your muscles and tickle at your sides;

To bite your lips and kiss your cheeks.

I have but only hours to stare at you,

To put you in my mouth and calm every ragin’ ocean;

To take in the smell of you and cherish you.

I have mere minutes to run my fingers through your hair,

To invade your space and kiss at your hands,

Your forehead.

Your neck.

Your back.

Your fingers.

To just hold on to you.

I have seconds to ease and please you,

To play in your lashes and giggle through your mustache,

To be graced with your embrace.

Every second I want to hum my sweet melodies into you.

Don’t tell me later ‘cuz later may never come,

Don’t say tomorrow ‘cuz tomorrow may never show.

You’ve been bad with making those promises,

With your tough schedule and all.

I understand that your days are long,

You get too busy,

Too demanding,

Too hurried.

Allow me,

Allow me to soothe you and take some of that weight off your shoulders.

Set that over-sized chip on your shoulder on the floor for the dogs to lap at.

Just let it be.

Let us have our bodies rest against one another.

Spoon nude for awhile.

Because I know sometimes you get lonely,

and

I get lonesome too.