To love you, I need to know you

I need to know your strengths, your weaknesses

I need to know how far you've come and where you're going

I need to know your likes and dislikes

I need to know why you want me

To love you, I need to live you

I need to cover myself in your existence

I need to feel you on my skin, in my heart

I need to breathe you in like Nicotine

I need to have you on my fingertips

To love you, I need to trust you

I need to trust you with my imperfect body

I need to trust you with my unclean hands

I need to trust you with my mind and soul

I need to trust you with my tattered heart

But I'm not ready yet...