Glass Skin

I didn't want to hand you the script.

I wanted you to already know the lines.

I wanted the door held before I had to knock.

The seat saved before I had to look for it.

I wanted to be the thought that came unprompted.

Not the afterthought

I had to remind you

to have.

Not because asking is weak.

But because being chosen freely

is the only way it feels true.

I wanted to be chosen without having to ask.

I didn't want to hand you the script.

I wanted you to already know the lines.

I wanted the door held before I had to knock.

The seat saved before I had to look for it.

I wanted to be

the thought that came unprompted.

Not the afterthought

I had to remind you

to have.

Not because asking is weak.

But because being chosen freely

is the only way it feels true.

I wanted to be chosen without having to ask.

I wanted to be chosen without having to ask.