Poems

To be loved

You've loved me well.
Like I'm the first breath of air,
after trying and reaching
out of a nightmare,
You gave yourself to me,
carved out your heart,
and kept it at my feet,
begged me to walk over it.
I walked away again and again,
because that's not how it is,
not how my Love is supposed to be.

I'm ready to be loved well.
Like I'm the passage of time,
the slow hum of falling asleep,
Like the human need to live.
I'm ready to be loved well.