Offstage

Slow down
Look at me, catch your breath
Kiss me hard and taste the passion –
You don’t owe them anything.

Here I am
Waiting, missing, longing for you
Don’t let them get (to) you.

I wish you’d take a step back.
I absorb your anger, your rage, your hurt
You don’t have to change for me
Once I almost saw you cry.

I don’t think you know just how much you
mean to me.