Good Heart

Can I sit on the couch with you and watch tv?
Can we laugh and tell jokes, late into the night?
Can we play music and sing old songs we enjoy together?

Can we be more than acquaintances
I don’t want to be a friend of friend
I want to love you
I want you to be mine

Can we love each other?

Do I even know what I am saying
when I say I love you
and I want to enjoy you
Is it only what I can get?

Can we love each other?

People don’t understand our dance
“How foolish you looked today…”
But I want show you
I want them to have you too

Can we love each other?

I know you will curl up around me
when I cry in the bed
You have given me peace before
when I am confused you’ll do it again

Can we love each other?

When I said I wanted to see your face
You showed me a glance
but then hugged me from behind
You want closeness and to have my back

Can we love each other?

You smell like memories
in perfume and *****, stale water
You look like freedom in a hospital
You feel sunshine on a snow day

Can we love each other?

You sound like more
than I have been willing to hear
I don’t want to just get you
I want to have you

Can I love you?
the one who delights in such funny things
Can I love you?
the one who likes to buy fake flowers with me
Can I love you?
when I don’t fully understand you

Then you say, "Remember, you have a good heart"