I want to fall in love with you again,
With the swipe of a hand I want the slate clean
I want the ecstatic beginnings
The jittery butterflies in the stomach
The fresh aroma of roses courting our impossible grins
I want the days to be full of uncontrollable smiling
And millions of pings of messages
I want to drop work to pick up your untimely calls
I want you to drop by with surprising nakedness
Of soul, mind, heart and, of course, body
I want late night/early morning conversations
On every subject in the world
And out of the world too
I want your coffee to vex me
I want my vex to make you laugh again
I want to have lengthy convoluted discussions
about TV shows nobody gives a damn about
I want unnecessary cravings and lingering kisses
I want to see the sunrise with you
and marvel at the way the light and shadow
dance across your sleep deprived face
I want gumballs and candy floss
and perhaps hand-holding strolls
under lush trees.
I don’t want the fights
I don’t want the long hours
of miscommunicated silence
I don’t want to hear the hoarseness
in your voice because I made you cry
I don’t want to see what you look like
after you’ve cried all night long
I don’t want the horror of reliving harsh words
a nightmare on replay on continuous rewind
I don’t want to pause on moments of pain
and arduous despair we feel
when we are absent from each other
I don’t want to twiddle our fingers
because we have run out of things to say
or because what we want to say cannot be said
I don’t want us to end
before we have been revived, at least, once.
Too long you’ve wandered in the darkness
come home to me and I will be your light
the empty space within my heart is waiting
to keep your secrets safe and warm tonight
Come home to me, come home dear one
we’ve both made mistakes but love forgives
come home if your heart agrees with mine
love’s flame has grown fainter yet she lives
Is what we had not worth a second chance
we know love was and can again be strong
my lonely heart yearns only for your return
come home to me here where you belong
