When you cry yourself to sleep
I lay awake knowing every ache
The deep breaths and sobs
Loneliness no mortal could take

Monsters haunt your dreams
I fight them off nightly
Protecting you from the brunt
Worth it when I see you smiling

Park benches at night
My favorite place to find you
A slight chill and our bodies close
In this we learn what's true

I'll tell the truth to you
From now until the end

Welcome to the thought.
Simple and secure,
Wrought in reclusivity,
Hidden behind hardness,
Passed over by people,
Never entrusted,
Minuscule and mighty,
Full of feeling and flight
Barely brought to a heel.

You know.

How could you not?

The sun's up but
I don't care for it
I wasn't made for daylight
Shadows are my home

That's not your life
I've been pulling
Prodding, almost
Forcing

Let's strip away the masks
The clothes
Any pretense at
Decency or decorum

I want your body
Your legs wrapped
Tightly against my
Flesh

Your thighs
Your stomach
Your *******
Your arms
Your eyes
Your heart

They all need to be kissed

I want to take it all
But I can't
I need to
Keep you out of the
Shadows
Out of the dark

When you leave the shadows
Take me with you
Let me be reborn to
Light
Let me be as you were
Meant to be

I see you the best
As your face is shrouded
In darkness

I know you the best
When you breakdown helpless
Searching for love

I love you the most
With every opportunity
I'm given

That's what the night
Has come to mean
To broken hearts

A promise of a kiss
Stolen at the last possible
Moment in time

Lovers finding the other
A hand following a thigh
Following pleasure

Your lips are soft
My hands are strong
Both go searching

The night holds much
It gives out love
Gives out hope

Right now, I need someone
I need someone to hold.
I need someone to keep safe.
To keep another safe makes me
Safe.

Feeling another's head lean,
Brush up against my cheek.
Noticing the tickle of an eyelash
Gliding, whimsically over my skin.

I don't feel secure
I don't feel lost.
I'm trapped in a limbo:
Peace holding me in stasis,
Sorrow reaching for my heels.

I need someone to hold
I need someone to keep safe.
No.
Not someone.
You.

Don't think I don't need you.
I need you in the morning
I need you at the sunset

You, more than anyone.
More than a father's love
More than a mother's

And when you ask "Why?"
I think it's obvious:
You're everything
I want to be.

In your dreams I see
My own desires
My own needs

Your eyes hold a glow so intense
I wonder that the stars shine
Through their petty jealousy.

If you still don't understand
I'll say it one more time:
You're everything
I want for me.

Hit your peak at 28
Looked at me like I was meat
Licked your lips and cocked your head
Moved your hand across my leg
Leaned in close
Loved your nose

Warmth of your breath
It made me blush
Couldn't hear a word you said
My heart had stopped, thought I was dead
Nodded dumb
Felt like ****

We're on the street
The night's pitch dark
Pulled me closer to your car
Bodies acting out our scars
Bodies marred
Kissed you hard

The stars, they hung
The moon, she sung
And still you cried
As I held you tight

Into your car you pushed me down
And hoped to lose what we had found
Yet, now sprawled out on the couch
Clinging hands and searching mouths
A bang went off inside my head
I found myself inside your bed

The stars, they hung
The moon, she sung
And still you cried
As I held you tight

The sun rose high
You let out a sigh
Your demons passed
But mine remained
So there I left you
Sleeping off our pain

The stars, they hung
The moon, she sung
And still I cried
As I held you tight

Please
Take my love for granted.
It's what I have in abundance
and freely give to you.
Keep in mind
I love deep.
Deeper than seas or
The vacuum of space

My love is a vein of silver
Buried in the earth
Like all things deep and vast
There comes a Conqueror
To destroy the illusion
Of endless infinity

Please
Take my love for granted
I will always give it out.
Remember that I'm still a man
With a fragile heart.