More friends than lovers

I think being in a state of eternal bliss is no way to live.

But so what? I want you to have all of it.

I want you to have everything you’d miss

Trying to adapt to the lifestyle that I am in.

I don’t want you to indulge in simplicity worship.

The only reason for your yearning

That I love you even when you are boring

Is it to avoid hardship?

You think my life is the home you can retire in,

But you understand that it is devoid of anything interesting.

I know that’s the reason you don’t confess your feelings.

I feel it in your nervous ticks,

How you avoid giving hints.

You avoid our eyes meeting

Like you will be trapped in prison.

I see your shaking limbs,

Getting ready to touch my skin.

Before you give up and settle for a tap on my shoulder tip,

With the line, “I have to show you something,”

Looking to trap the moment?

Admiring how my eyes glisten,

Which you perceive as innocence.

You couldn’t be more mistaken.

It’s a divine intervention,