Not Because I Wanted You To Poem by Susan Lacovara

I had hoped you'd care
Not because I wanted you to
But because you just did....

And with that hope
There was a small success of resilience
Tangled in branches that reached skyward
Beyond the barriers of uncertainty

I had wished you'd dance
Not because I asked you to
But because my songs genuinely moved you...

Moved you with the haunting lyrics
Of a true woman's love
Large enough to fill any concert hall

I had dreamed you'd need me
Not because I needed validation
But because you needed me to know...

And of that need deeply rooted and real
There would come a greater understanding
Of how lovers stitch their souls, as one

Now as sunsets come later
We are anything but strangers
While I imagine the summer tanning us together
If in fact you'd stay
Not because I wanted you to
But because you realized it's here you belong.