When I ask for all of someone
I want them in their entirety
From their thoughts to their skin
To every bit of the world they see.

I'm not asking for the most you've given
To anyone before.
I'm asking for every second you've lived in.

When I count someone as my own
They mean more than every person
They mean the moon, the stars, the air I breathe
They mean all of the love I have to give, and then some.

I reach out for friendship and receive family
I'm not loyal for them
I'm loyal for what they mean to me.

When I've chosen to be close to someone
I've chosen to take on their every burden
Whether big or small or morally corrupt
I'll shoulder the weight of it for them.

I'm not asking them to bind to me
Something so trivial has no appeal
I'm asking for their entirety.

I wonder if you'll find these words
If you'll know they're about you.
I wonder if you'll read my verse
And comprehend my clues.

Would you crave to know me more
With every poem you devour here?
Would you plan to search and learn me
Over the course of many years?

I wonder if you'd be intrigued
By all I manage not to say.
I wonder if you'll confront me
With words that stuck with you all day.

Would you read the lines and then between them
Until you knew the workings of my mind?
Would you ask me to explain every stanza
Until we could no longer hold open our eyes?

I wonder if you'd be insatiable
If you'd need to know more, know everything.
I wonder if you'd hunt me down
And take the secrets I've written and dearly keep.

Would you read in awe and decide
To keep me closer than you let me before?
Would you understand my words
And wait eagerly for more?

I wonder if I'd come to mean something
Akin to what you mean to me.
I wonder what you'd do
If I gave you these poems to read.