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Leigh Marie Dec 2018
I’ve been getting nervous that
you won’t call cause
I don’t wanna lose you
See I don’t often let myself lay
comfortably in someone else’s arms or
let someone rest their hand
on my hip while I sleep
I lose my breath remembering
that feeling of you feeling me

The simple intimacy of laying in bed
in our underwear
looking at each other after the sun rises,
Talking bout cards our parents gave us
our laughter filling the room with warmth
Lately it’s been so cold

I don’t want to let this all go
I rest my head on your shoulder
just to be closer to you
Don’t let me go

Innocently intertwining as we sleep
I hear you snore and you pull me in
Your body familiar, my body resurrected
Let’s lay here still while the world spins
Like we’ve done this all before
Leigh Marie Dec 2018
Haven’t been calling like I should or
Visiting like I said I would
Made you cry at dinner cause you said I make you feel stupid
Don’t know why I push and pull you away but if anyone were to ask I’d say you’re my go to
Though I don’t always treat you like it
I’m sorry that I’m your world and that I’ve been so absent
Been trying to figure out who I am without you
But you made me
You shaped me and sometimes I resent your honesty
I love you more than anyone else
I’m sorry that I can’t show you that the way I should
Leigh Marie Dec 2018
Maybe it is that we are so fiercely afraid that we can be loved wholeheartedly that we run into the arms of people we know never will
Which is to say maybe it is that I can not bring myself to believe that I might deserve better so
Forgive me if I am skeptical
Forgive me if I’m fleeting cause
It all seems too imaginary to be my manifest destiny
Leigh Marie Dec 2018
For the first time I’ve been loved like I’m more than a body
Held like more than a place holder
So forgive me if I try to hold you close but
I don’t wanna lose this feeling of being loved with eyes wide open
I don’t tend to feel this way often so I wanna know if this is new for you too
Leigh Marie Nov 2018
You were already so familiar
So honest and vulnerable
Though you were not ready
Even if I finally was
So maybe we can try again
In a month or two
And see if we can start something
Again
Leigh Marie Oct 2018
Without you, everything is alright
But with you, all is right
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