Don’t Forget

Don’t forget

She’s just a girl

Beneath the woman facade

Behind the things she says

To deflect you from noticing

She is frightened and unsure

Those things you casually say,

Like mentioning her age, her hair colour,

the size of her breasts, those are things she thinks of when you’re gone 

When you tell her of your drunken encounter with the young girl from work, how you slept with her but you’re still friends, it’s not awkward. Don’t forget how that feels for her, listening out for your devotion, calculating your love

Those messages you send her to ask about her day are welcome, but the ones you don’t send telling her you missed her and that you thought about that freckle on her top lip, those messages would be better, so send those

Don’t forget she’s just a girl who wants to love you, who would lay down in front of you here and let you have her right now if you asked. Remember every time you kiss her, she kisses you back

Don’t forget she’s a girl - strong, soft, resilient. Give her what’s beneath your clothes but show her inside your skin. Say out loud those things you’re keeping close. She will hold your secrets and fears as she holds you - tenderly, next to her heart.