I don’t need an easy fix

I know you want to give me one

But I’ve lived my life without that

Before you graced my life with your stardust, love

I had a life without you

And it seems distant but it existed

It’s not fair to equate you with everything in my world changing

You are not Atlas, and have no need of such a burden

I need this from you,

Dark hair against white sheets, and memory foam that remembers your body next to mine

Sun shining on your skin, you are golden and I love the way you shine,

(Don’t let me dim your light, please. I am dark sometimes, and it scares me that someday I could burn your light away.)

I need your smiles and your laughter because first and foremost, you are my friend

I need your – slightly lopsided – heart shaped cards when we promise not to do anything

I need your respect, because you matter, this matters, boundaries matter, and I need ever so much for this to work.

(Perhaps I’ve invested too much in the stars, and they’ve failed me before, but you have always been better, shone a little brighter, and I’ve never had much faith, but I have all I ever lacked in you and more)

I need you, to look like you do now,

Serene, I think is the way I’d describe it, but it’s more than that

(I like to hope its love)

Your smile is a planet and I am the moon at the pull of your gravity

I see entire galaxies in your eyes

Don’t think that has changed just because

You can’t fix it the way you could before

Fall from grace or not

My life hasn’t been the same

Since you burst your way into it

 In a shower of electric sparks that glittered harsh white and rained down around you

All I’ve needed since then is very simple

Can you guess, my dear?

It’s you