Without hesitation,
He was everything I needed
Everything I ever wanted
But why, then, when he asked me
"Do you feel safe by me?"
It took me half a second more
Though I knew it shouldn't have meant anything
I know it did
Because in that mere half second
That's your face that I saw.
YOU ARE READING
Eight Billion Thoughts For You
PoetryJust another very thoughtful girl. * Spreading thoughts since 1996 * (Not all -but almost all - poems are mine). All rights reserved.