i don’t deserve you;
i never deserved to walk across your skin
and leave my footprints in the path
that leads across your bare chest and all around
without a single innocent spot left uncovered.

i never deserved to have kissed your neck
where the wolves who once dwelled there
had built their home,
waiting for my scent to diffuse away entirely
so they can come back to claim their territory once more.

you could never understand all of this
since that lingering haze has completely enveloped
your mind and shrouded
your heart; but, i’ll try and spell it out.
i don’t deserve you
because though you claim that i became the center
of your universe, i will never be able to
see the new planets that are now in my orbit.