"I'm lonely. I'm not depressed or anything. I'm just lonely.

From the moment I wake up in the morning and eat breakfast alone

To the moment I go to bed on a blow up queen mattress alone

I am lonely.

My heart is full but I am empty.

Sometimes all I want is someone to love

And be loved by.

He doesn't need to be beautiful

Just beautiful to me.

I want to know

How it feels

To lie next to someone

With all the time in the world to memorise

The bow of their lips

The freckles on their face

And the gaps in their teeth

I want to wake up In the middle of the night

And know that if I need him

He's a millimetre away

Sleeping softly

His face awash with moonlight

And a childlike innocence

That only comes across his face

When he's asleep.

I don't care

If he listens to bad music

Or plays video games

When he should be studying

Or eats too much junk food

Or all those other things

That women whinge about.

It's so petty.

Who cares

If he plays guitar

At six am

As long as it's the most beautiful sound imaginable?

Watch his hands
Run over the frets

And imagine

Him holding your child

With that much love

And care.

Hold him close.

Remember that

The things you berate him for

Could be things that

Someone else

Is falling head over heels for.

His awkward laugh

That you hate

Could be something

That lights up someone else's day.

Love is tumultuous

Tempestuous

Unpredictable

UNBEARABLE

And irreplaceable.

I thought I had it once.

But I blinked

And my knight in shining armour

Became the monster In my nightmare."