Desperate

Fri, 08/14/2015 - 01:47 -- Jaeley

Do you even know who I am inside?

Did you stop to look deep into my eyes?

How could you not know, how can you not see,

In everything you do what it does to me.

 

Every inch, every ounce, every subtle little move

Every glance, every brush, every single word you say

Can you hear my pounding heart?

Do you know you take my breath away?

 

I am desperate for your hand in mine.

I am desperate for your touch.

I am desperate for your sweet embrace.

I am desperate for your love.

 

I am desperate for our eyes to lock.

I am desperate for our lips to meet.

I am desperate for our hearts entwined.

I am desperate for our stars aligned.

 

But when you stop and ask who I am to you

Will I be the way for you that you are for me?

Will your arms remember my embrace,

And your lips remember how mine taste?

 

Will your eyes remember mine,

And your skin remember every touch?

Will your hand remember how mine feels,

And your heart cry out for me?

 

Are you desperate for my hand in yours?

Are you desperate for my touch?

Are you desperate for my sweet embrace?

Are you desperate for my love?

 

Are you desperate for our eyes to lock?

Are you desperate for our lips to meet?

Are you desperate for our hearts entwined?

Are you desperate for our stars aligned?

 

Because I am desperate for your hand in mine.

I am desperate for your touch.

I am desperate for your sweet embrace.

I am desperate for your love.

 

I am desperate for our eyes to lock.

I am desperate for our lips to meet.

I am desperate for our hearts entwined.

I am desperate for our stars aligned.

 

 I am desperate for you.

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