DEFINING EMOTIONS

Didn't you say no one would ever understand you, if it wasn't me? Didn't you say you were only lost in me, and if it wasn’t me, it would be nobody else? I remember that night, the song Anyone by Justin, how I sent it to you, thinking of you, thinking of us. And you said— "No, this song is for you, because if it’s not you, it’s no one." Funny how time moves like a tide, carrying promises to distant shores. Now here we are, me, listening to you talk about the troubles you’re having with the love of your life. And I can’t help but smile. Life is quick like that, isn’t it? You—once so guarded, once so sure no one else would do, now speaking of her with a softness I never heard before. Your heart found its home. And when a heart finds its home, it becomes tender. It opens like a bloom in spring, ready to understand, ready to fight, ready to stay. She makes you want to be better. She makes you want to try. And here I am, listening, watching, witnessing the t...

  Let’s focus What do you call an in-between? A space where hands reach but never hold, Where hearts beat loud but never speak. A place that can’t claim, Can’t own, Can’t feel jealous, Can’t rely. Let’s focus What do you call this? Where we push and pull, Only to pull away. Where our intentions hide deeper Than the feelings we pretend to bury. What do you call this Where we drink to drown doubt, Only to drown in each other. Where blurred lines feel clearer Under neon lights and heavy breath. Let’s focus What do you feel When I slip away into other arms, While you laugh in the presence of another? Be honest When you give yourself away, Do you wonder if I flinch? If my heart tightens, If my mind whispers your name in jealousy’s voice? Let’s focus What do we call a passion with no direction? A fire that burns but doesn’t warm? What do you feel for me? Do you even know? Can we even focus, If we have no focus point?

Make me long for you until I lose my mind, Until your absence leaves a hollow I can't define. Let your touch carve a memory deep inside, One that pulses in me, impossible to hide. I want your every move to haunt my days, A lingering presence, in the quietest ways. Let your kiss be a fire I can’t extinguish, One that keeps burning, that leaves me finished. Make me crave you in the spaces between, In the moments I’m alone, in places unseen. Let your scent linger, a reminder so sweet, That every time I breathe, I feel your heat. Leave me with nothing but thoughts of you, An obsession that grows, a hunger that’s new. Let your name echo in my quiet mind, Until nothing else exists, nothing else I can find. Make me replay your touch, your breath, your taste, Until all I want is to feel you, to be chased. Let every inch of me ache for you still, As I long for your presence, against my will. I want to obsess, to want you more, To crave you deeply, at the very core. Make me remem...