I'm So Exhausted

Making You Stay

If giving you my body is what keeps you around,

If being naked is what makes you want to get close enough to me to touch my skin against yours

Then fill these hollow bones with your body

let my shirt rest on your pillowcase

My pants lay crumpled on your floor

My underwear decorate your bedposts

If having nothing covering this skin to protect me from this cold welcomes you,

At least in the moment I will have your warmth

So I can daze in your presence

While you discard me and take what you will of what's left

I could tell you didn't love me by the way when I wrapped myself more around you

The more timid your hands became.

You cannot handle me.
Nor do I expect you to.

You see I wanted you,
Naked to me but not the kind without clothes

I wanted the hidden parts of you nobody gets
That you lock away and try not to show because you maybe don't love those parts

And you only wanted me,
Naked.

So,
when I take off my clothes

Maybe you will hold me
For just a minute.