Maybe I Deserve More

Maybe I deserve more 

Than the change falling out of your pocket

After you've spent your best. 

Maybe I deserve more 

Than the charred remains left 

After you've wined and dined the rest. 

Maybe I deserve more than half-promises. 

For there's always a hint of love 

on the tip of your tongue. 

But it never reaches full maturity

It always stays young. 

Maybe I deserve a love 

That is solid and whole. 

One I can actually hold with both hands

Before it melts like a block of ice. 

Maybe I don't have to be cooler. 

Or try. 

Breaching my own boundary lines

For a love that was never mine.