Love Me Selfishly

you can't always get what you want
bargaining away the pain seems so futile
just to wake up the next morning,
knowing they'll never look at you
like they want to pounce you and take you for their own.
use me, but love me, and hold me when you're done.
cry into my chest and say you've never been so happy,
so we both fall asleep with smiles on our faces.
instead of those pained grimaces we stare into
when we inevitably wake in the middle of the night.