I don’t want hands that only touch when the lights go low,
I don’t want a body that comes, then ghosts like I don’t exist anymore.
I’m not a midnight craving you satisfy then forget,
I’m a soul with storms inside me you haven’t even met yet.
I want love… not just sex.
Not just skin on skin, not just breathless and wrecked,
I want something that stays when the room gets quiet,
When the demons get loud and my chest starts a riot.
I want to be held on nights where crying’s my only release,
Where my tears fall heavy and my mind won’t find peace.
Don’t just kiss me when I’m pretty, when I’m easy, when I shine,
Hold me when I’m breaking like I’m still worth your time.
I want fingers tracing stories, not just curves on my waist,
I want someone who slows down instead of rushing the taste.
Because love ain’t a hunger you silence and go,
It’s a fire you tend to… not just a spark you blow.
I want stars above us like they know my damn name,
Like the sky is my shelter, not just part of the game.
Lay with me there, let the silence speak loud,
Find forever in whispers, not just lost in a crowd.
I want walks through the woods where the world fades away,
Where the trees hold our secrets, where our shadows can stay.
Or mountains that echo every promise we make,
Not ones that collapse the second we shake.
I want kitchens filled with laughter, not just empty goodbyes,
Dancing barefoot at midnight with flour on our thighs.
Burnt food on the stove but we don’t even care,
Because love’s in the moment, not perfection we wear.
I want slow… I want real… I want messy and true,
I want “I choose you daily,” not just “what can you do.”
I want passion with purpose, not just heat in the sheets,
I want something that listens when my broken heart speaks.
Because I’ve been the body… the fix… the escape,
Bent into desire but never allowed to take shape.
And I’m done being touched like I’m something to use,
I want love that won’t leave me with nothing to lose.
So if you come to me, come with more than your need,
Bring your heart, bring your scars, bring your will to believe.
Because I don’t want a moment that fades with the night—
…I want love that stays
and stays
and stays
when there’s nothing left to hide. 🖤