Reminiscent

I wonder at the way things could have been  
If you'd let me be yours  
The way I'd wanted to be.  
If I had not shied away  
From the loving words you spoke.    
There was no pressure,  
Just the easy comfort  
Of being together.  
You made me see myself,  
I gave you courage,  
But neither of us were brave enough  
To stand up and say  
This is what I want!    
   
We had one night.    
One amazing night,  
Where we let go of everything.  
Lived the moment.  
Saw a future.    
Then it all fell,  
Crumbled and slipped away,  
And I didn't even have  
Your voice saying my name  
Even once  
To call me back.    
   
I find myself wanting to find you.  
Take the heavy promise  
You lightly made  
And throw it like a book  
Back in your face.  
I want to seduce you away from her;  
The woman who earned you with her time,    
But lived in my shadow,  
And remind you of why  
You had eyes for only me.    
I released you from your cage of fear,  
And others reaped the benefits  
Of my work.    
I want to taste the monster I created.  
To see you standing over me,  
A beast of confidence,  
Filling me up with all    
That has been mine  
All this time.  
I want to take you back,  
Claimed but not tamed,  
For one more night.    
   
One night,  
Where the mature heat of who we are  
Can meet the passion we always shared.  
I can finally tell you I loved you,  
And you can finally own and not share me.    
We can burn into each other,  
Tie the string more tightly,  
And walk away with more resolution  
Than we allowed ourselves before.    
   
I want to belong to you  
The way you never let me  
Because you were too busy  
Accepting who I was.    
I want to let you love me  
The way I was always afraid to  
For just one night.