My most recent lover, she's a character. Some days I love her enough, other days it just doesn't cut it. I need you to show me, she says. Convince me, she pleads. I blink and I feel the confusion cross my face. Don't I caress you? Don't I adore you with my eyes? Don't I smile at you in hopes that you're just as happy to see me? Don't I wish that we could spend the day talking and laughing, till the sun finishes it's daily visit? Till the moon darts through the clouds and seeps through my window? Don't I write you poems? Lyrics from my heart that explain my confusion? Don't I text you just so I can feel my phone vibrate in response? Don't I ignore the world when we talk? What more can I say or do? Convince me, she says.
Sometime, when I'm with her, I feel like she doesn't believe me. And it hurts my heart. Maybe she doesn't see my affection? Or perhaps she's too hurt by others to see or recognize it...