Poem: Want Want Want

After dumping me
she asked
"What did you want from me?"

It doesn't really matter,
now,
does it?

But I think about it anyways,
speaking to her in my head:

I wanted just what we had,
or what I thought we had.

I wanted to spend time with you,
like we did.

I wanted to lie in bed with you all day,
like we did.

I wanted to give you an orgasm,
like we did.

I wanted to go places with you,
like we did.

I wanted you to admit that you loved me,
and you did.

I wanted you to understand my problems
and accept me with them,
and you didn't.

I wanted to help heal you of some of your pains,
and I couldn't.

I wanted you to understand that sex could be therapy,
not mere gratification,
so we could heal each other,
and you couldn't.

I wanted us to dedicate ourselves to each other,
to try to stay together forever,
and we didn't.

I wanted you to feel the same,
and you don't.