woke up this morning, at 8, because,
well I guess your shuffling woke me up
and I thought,
"I'm always waiting for the other person to ask"
like, don't just scoot closer or, I don't know,
move your leg a little more so it bumps mine
but I was day dreaming,
or I guess it's night now
and I thought about how silly it would be,
you know, to make you ask?
and I thought about what would happen
it if was reversed on me
and I thought about being asked,
about being asked what I wanted?
I'm so lonely
and so tired
and I guess I haven't had the time
the time to think about it, you know?
to think about what I would ask for
but I think about queer films
and how, while tragic, it all seems so simple
because I wanted you to know
I simply couldn't live without you knowing
we talked about love, in your car
on the was back from picking up fast food
how it's so terrifying,
it's almost not something we want to do?
like ever again?
and I think about asking,
asking to be taken care of,
or not asking anything at all
but you just have to,
or supposedly it's that simple
because I thought you should know
I figured it might be useful to you
I don't know
I thought writing it out might help?
that I might come up with what I want
like in the mean time?
everything comes with guidelines
and that's the hardest part
it's not enough to feel safe with someone,
safe enough to be close
you now have to ask
well, you have to know, really
"what do you want?"
I could have asked when you shuffled a bit closer
to touch your leg to mine
and you could have turned it on me,
because wasn't my arm a bit closer
you know, than it needed to be?
and I would have stared,
because we are both laying a little too close
to have it not mean something.
and well, good point
I might say,
does anyone know?