Selfish

Past lives echo in your dreams
and I fall apart knowing
they’re not of me

How selfish could I get 
crumpled like a tissue
because you loved somebody
thousands of years ago

the way I love you now
Seeing your eyes shine
with mine closed
like constellations on a clear night

Just needing to be close to you
the way you were to him
My fingers as adventurous as yours
when you laced them through his hair

My heart beating just as hard
when you say my name
as yours did
when he told you he loves you

I don’t love your past identity
I love you
And I’m no former lover
I’m just me

Stuck in a time where I don’t know if I can ever know you