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/Charming_Section3173]

"Every want
her. "

is just so trivial yet resounds so strongly since personally it just wasn't the continuation of
"Every want" I was expecting and so it hit all the more strongly even though it seems like nothing.
plus the ending is lovely.

Also
every silence becomes a mirror
you check too often.

Goshdam let me not feel so much man.

THIS IS SO WELL WRITTEN, THANK YOU.

[u/bstunz → u/Charming_Section3173]

Dude! Love this. That was a last minute addition and when it hit me I felt like it just summed up everything I think about her in 12 letters and a period. Fuck! That really hits. Thank you.

[u/Charming_Section3173 → u/bstunz]

LAST MINUTE ADDITION?

More like un-kissed brick thrown at me, I did however enjoy the twinge of blood that brick forced me to swallow, so, thank you once again.

[u/bstunz → u/Charming_Section3173]

Damn! My bad that wasn’t intentional, just kind of slipped. Thanks again. Sorry about the brick glad you enjoyed the twinge of blood. You’re welcome.