You Belong to Another

I miss you ..
Not as someone who has known you for years
and is suddenly absent your presence,
but as someone who has just tasted the most extraordinary wine
and desires the flavor to linger a little longer ..
And a little longer.

I watch you ..
Not as someone who possesses your heart
and eventually will be reciprocated her love,
but as someone who pines, yes, poetically,
for the affections she knows belong to another ..
You belong to another.

I want you ..
Not as someone who desires to win a prize
and show it off victoriously to the world,
but as someone who has been taken by a vision,
and cannot wake from the dream to settle for anything less ..
How to settle for less?

For a little longer
You belong to another ..
I can't settle for anything less.