You taught me to follow my fate,
You taught me to take the risk and the bait.
You taught me to be strong,
You taught me to never be wrong.
You taught me to feel love,
You taught me to fly free like a dove.
You taught me about truth,
You taught me that in life, there is no ruth.
You taught me to keep fighting for my belief,
You taught me to keep away from relief.
You taught me to fight,
And you taught me what is right.

You were right, this whole time,
You were right, life beats to its rhyme.
You were right, and they were wrong,
You were right, that I was strong.
You were right, that I was beautiful,
You were right, that my stubbornness was unmovable.
You were right, as I will always honor you,
You were right, I believe in you too.

I wish I had found in you,
all you had found in me.

You taught me everything
that I know about
loving a woman.
You showed me the comfort
of a womans softness.
where I could float weightless
in velvet starry nights.
You taught me want and desire.
So hot it burned my skin.
you taught me to fall asleep
like spoons so close so safe.
You taught me to
give all my heart to you.
How to love you unconditionally.
Without question or
the need to know why.
You taught me to belong to you
and worship you above all others.
But when you left me
you never taught me
how to live without you.
Or how to stop my eyes from
burning with tears
like I am cutting onions
forever and ever

I don't want you to say you love me because I only want the truth
I don't want you to say you can't live without me because that's too much to lose
I'd like you to say you want me, desire me, even after all the things I've been through
Because in reality, that's all I really need from you
I can live without the love unless it's really the truth
You can live without me, I'm not much to lose
But desire, want, need...  To touch, to feel, to taste...  That would make my day,
Not being desired, well..  It makes me wanna waste away
Although I think I love you, never knowing your touch...  
To actually never feel your skin, might just be too much
I don't need love, honestly... I'm not worth it anyways
But if I knew you desired me, intimately, it would get me through my days.
Lust on fingertips is better than love from lying lips