[Just Because.]
As I sit here at work, my thoughts surely turn to you. I think about the things we've said, the amount of progress we've seem to have made in a short amount of time and I just wonder if this will be what we both seem to need, want, and crave.
I have doubts, but they really have nothing to do with you. They are my own, my own worries and insecurities and shortcomings. I've always been the type to feel like whoever I'm with will just one day up and leave. I try not to think this way, but the story behind it is what bred this indecision and constant feeling of, "When will they leave..."
When you came back, I was surprised, shocked, and almost confused. Most people who have said goodbye to me have surely meant it as a final farewell. My heart was in my throat, wondering if you honestly meant it. And then I read it. All your words and I just...faltered. Not in a bad way, not in a bad way at all. I faltered in my faith that people would always leave. But then you came back. It really was that surprising.
A part of me loves the person that you are and the man that you can surely become, but I also care and respect the man that you are in my heart. You've taken up a space that I thought would be vacant for a long time. I've grown fond of you, in a purely romantic and personal way. But I know that this is blossoming slowly and steadily like a rose during the spring. It's delicate, this bond between us.
I've also come to realize that the pace we've set is something that I also need. I was ready to jump into it, without much thought until I really took a step back and thought...I can't do that. I have to be fair to you and myself. You do have a bit of my heart in your hands, though. That much is true.
Closing my eyes, I keep imagining what it might be like for you to come visit me at work and grin at me like you had some secret, your hands moving to caress my cheek and hair. I have a secret love for your hands. They are just elegant and strong and make me feel like once I held one, I would always feel safe.
Every morning I've woken up with your name on my lips as if I can summon you to me, to make this more real. But I know that can wait.
This courtship is a waiting game, but I'm prepared to wait for you. I want to wait for you and so I will. A song keeps playing in my head that reminds me of you, but I don't know if I should show it to you yet. I feel like maybe it would be too much or maybe just enough. My doubts keep surfacing like dead bodies after a storm - I can't hide them from myself. Yet, I also said I would talk to you about these doubts and thoughts of mine.
I didn't realize how much I had to say until it was all written down and yet it still doesn't seem like enough. Yet I'm still not sure what else to say. I guess to make the tone less serious, I will say that thinking about you, that want to have what I can't just yet makes me burn in fiery arousal for what your touch might do to me. It's like holding my hand over a flame and knowing that if I lower it, I could get burned but the burn would be so sweet. Like the feeling of wax down my skin.
But I will quote the song, just so you know how I am feeling. I feel like lyrics can help a lot in situations like this. Even if it is unoriginal.
Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow