You say 'can I keep you?'
And I say yes.
Nights with you are cosy, airless,
Static on the couch for hours
Like waiting in a luxury lift.
When it's just us I believe
That you're all I need,
The world outside forgotten.
Why make the effort
When all my requirements
Of food, shelter, love
Are right here, drip-dripping through the feed.
When I wake up, it's a drag:
Coming alive, leaving your side,
But the air outside is fresher.
My lungs fill with a guilty joy
And the further I get from you
The wider my smile becomes;
Blossom on the trees
Fills my head with possibilities,
I run down the footpath
Towards a future unknown
And all is clear, and wild, and true,
And will be, till I get home to you.
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