LENA ALYAAN

author ~ poet ~ comic artist

 

I Crave the Little Things

Declarations of love clouded into the sky,

All the best jewels that money can buy,

First class flights in the middle of the day,

Five-star hotels with breakfast buffets,

Homes with swimming pools and private gyms,

A wedding with doves and diamond rings,

Slow dancing with you on marble floors,

Plus-oning with you at big awards.

 

All that’s great, and I’d do it too,

But that’s not at all what I crave with you.

With you, I crave the everyday,

Not flashy scenes and grand displays.

With my celebrity crush, I’d want nothing less,

But with you, I want laundry and normalness.

I want making eggs and burning toast,

I want morning walks to get the post.

I want grocery shopping while holding hands,

Fighting about our favorite brands.

I want cuddling on sofas and movie nights,

Deep conversations with turned off lights.

I want the petty fights and heart-to-hearts,

I wanna see you cry and hear your farts,

I want your good mornings and goodbye kisses,

I want doing taxes and washing dishes.

 

I crave you as you are, on a regular day,

Cuz that’s the real you, and you’re who I crave.