irrevocably

reciprocated

a friend told me

the thing about romance is

it demands reciprocation

 

and i think about that a lot

 

because i love my friends so dearly

that people think i am in love

and maybe i am, just a little

 

but i crave the feeling of

loving so irrevocably deeply

being so romantically taken

it consumes me

 

and maybe i want

to feel that in return,

just a little

 

 

-- no, maybe not a little

maybe i want someone

who could be

as irrevocably taken with me

as i am with them

so deeply cherishing

so heartwarmingly captivated, i want

 

to be so romantically involved

i don't need to demand reciprocation