Heartfire

by Lisa Milligan

Friday 2nd April 2010 6:03 pm (first posted Thursday 18th March 2010 2:34 pm)

I want to be in love

I never thought I’d say that

I’ve spent years building walls around me

put my heart in armor

kept my head full of cynical disdain

sent my body into hibernation

hid my soul where no one could find it

 

But now I want the whole smash

flowers when he comes to the door

champagne and candlelight

a bed with rumpled sheets

instead of an empty one

 

I want my heart to jump

every time the phone rings

I want his words of love and desire

swirling around my head all day

I want my legs to go weak

when he kisses me

long, soft and slow

with his hands all tangled in my hair

I want to find my soul

so I can have a soul mate

 

I pleadingly, wholeheartedly

sincerely, genuinely

desperately

want to be in love

because maybe then

 

I’ll be able to stop thinking of you