sorry

 i don’t want apologies 

from people who couldn’t be bothered to sit and find the answers together 

i don’t want hat in hand “i miss you” texts 

or compliments on the love i carry for the people and things that have lit my soul 

i want to be loved like i love 

with steady certainty 

dependable trust that a path to a successful relationship lies between two people 

two people desperate to be witnessed and to witness 

to love and be loved 

to hold someone else how we want to be held

patiently and stubbornly 

you are mine 

and i yours 

and forward we must go