I Know (Limitations of One Side)

I know that you can't stop thinking of him
that your arms ache for his touch

Fully understand the difference between the way things are and the way I would like them to be

Know well that he aroused all your passions
made you call out his name with the call of sensual desire

That when he gave himself the rest of the world was inconsequential
he satiated you in every way

My absence from any fulfilling pairing in years probably blinded me to where you are

You are a gem amongst ordinary stones
the sweetest of flowers surrounded by mere leaves

The brief time we spent placed me on cloud nine and in reflection created  a fantasy of expectations

Of holding your hand in the moonlight
of quiet moments when we don't even need to speak
the rapture of our bodies

But the heart wants what it wants
and all my ramblings can't manufacture a bond you don't desire