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What would you say if I told you that I need you beside me tonight?
Right here....right now. Not just your ear or your hand, but all of you. All mine.
I want you to stay with me until the very last star fades from the midnight sky.
I need all of you. For this one night, if you could abandon all your justifiable apprehensions,
I promise you that I would give you more than you could ever want or even imagine.
I’ve been sitting here by my window, waiting patiently for a valiant rescue.
All right, I know I’ve made mistakes. I made commitments. I made my bed….
I have slept in that bed for a very long time, but its so strange and cold now.
I know I have been at this for a very long time…all the hurtful battles and futile negotiations,
Trying to figure out how to transition from this dependable wife and mother role I have lovingly served
To the woman I know dwells deep inside of me. One who’s holding out her heart.
I’ve no delusions about perfection, and I know better than to believe in Cupid,
But from the moment I first saw you, I felt my heart press closely against my chest
As though it wanted to reach out to you and teach you its rhythms... sing you its song.
My head has been swimming with the thought of you and I feel foolishly adolescent,
Yet I catch myself smiling, almost beaming, at my private thoughts of you and me…
I know you have your history. You have chains, you have scars…you have tears.
You wear your pain and suffering like a suit of armor, keeping others at a distance.
I feel you stepping backwards each time I approach. I know your fears and resignation.
Yet, as crazy as it sounds, I think we're a fit. We've told each other of our failures.
We know that life holds no guarantees. We are wounded romantics, filled with relentless hope.
What if we stifled the warning bells, dismissed the alarms, suffered the consequences?
Would we know what some spend lifetimes searching for and others only dream of?
Are we willing to hold onto one of us while the other reaches for the brass ring, knowing it is meant for two?
I believe in the rules of attraction. I believe in romance and passion. I still believe in love.

*Inspired by song and imagination... :-)