obsession

 
slipping away slowly making me wonder if it's real or imagined
in my hope I reach for you you're here but your mind is elsewhere
my heart feels the change but my mind doesn't understand

you're the most important person in my world
if you're going to leave I'm asking you not to
if your soul is longing for a new dream I can't keep you
it's just my soul will be left empty when you pull away I will bleed out

there's nothing left of me to start again
I don't want a semi-casual relationship with some new man
that would feel emptier than being alone

I don't think I could handle it
being treated as a person you call when you want sex
my love is all-consuming
I'm an intense person

plus I don't trust myself in choosing a man
most men who are artistic and would interest me
their intensity might come with many different faces

I know I couldn't bear being a man's obsession
a possessive man would snuff my creativity
I couldn't go down that road again
so please wherever you've gone return to me soon