I dont want to be
your beck and
call girl
not even for a little while
especially not today
i dont want to be the girl
you used to know
or the whore you used to sleep with
I dont want to be the friend
you barely recognize
five years down the road
or the vague memory
you are tryinbg to forget
i dont want to be your everything
either
but the ifne line between
nothing and everything
is something
and what exactly that "something" is
i cant decide
to be more than i am
but less than i could be
to be middle of the road
but right side of the street
to be perfect
and imperfect
and always on my toes
just the way you are to me.

love is
defined differently
by everyone
there are those of us
who fear it
or the consequences of it
and those of us
who spend our entire lives
chasing after it
clinging to anything that resembles it
and calling it real
calling it true
and labeling it
"the one"
but despite all
of our transactions
and transgressions
despite our tainted
perspectives
and varying definitions
and opinions
for all of our worrying
we need not!
for all that I know
and hold to be true
love
simply
is