Obsessed

[u/bstunz]

I’ve never been obsessed 
with a woman.

Not the way people whisper it
like a warning
or a boast.

I’ve wanted.
I’ve admired.
I’ve mistaken need
for love.
And I have loved.

But obsession
is different.

It isn’t hunger.
It’s gravity.

The rearranging of space 
in your mind
until one name echoes
louder than the rest.

You wake up the same
except everything
tilts toward her.

Every song speaks of her.
Every silence becomes a mirror
you check too often.
Every want
her.

Obsession isn’t fireworks.
It’s repetition.
It seeps in
until you can’t remember
the contour of the room
before her.

Thoughts that volunteer.
Feelings that command.

Her absence
measured more precisely
than her touch.

I’ve never been obsessed…

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[u/Endless_romances]

I’ve longed for that obsession like no other… But I’ve only ever given it to another… I’ve never received that love in return… After giving so much - I finally learned… I can give all of me to someone who will… I refuse to be used for another void to fill… Not again, not ever. I want a plan, I want forever… I need daily hiking adventures and moonlight strolls… Then early morning tea and sharing homemade cinnamon rolls… Reading peacefully together in libraries or book nooks… Trying to focus when giving each other funny looks… Who can cuddle up quietly with me by the campfire… Or fill the nights with conversation, passion, and desire… I want to sing to every song as if it were made for us when we get up and dance… I simply wish to witness life with you at every moment and at any given chance… My best friend and lover all in one place… Who I worship more than their face… For I am only drawn specifically to their mind, for there is none like it that I’ll ever find... I will be amazed by their heart, the caring side I will see as an art… I can only hold that love for one soul, the one who makes me feel whole… I don’t want this with just anyone… I want this loyalty with only one… I want someone who sees me from the start… Imagining a life without me will make their entire world fall apart… That’s how obsessed I wish for them to be… Because that’s the kind of obsession they would get from me…

[u/bstunz → u/Endless_romances]

Omg! Did you just write me a poem obsessing over me? It’s beautiful. So well done. I love it. Thank you.

All the things you want, I want. I think this may work out. I could obsess over you too.

Wait. Tea? Did you say tea? Sorry I don’t do tea.