That Person You Are Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Sometimes I sit with wishes,
Wanting you to be someone different...
Than the person you are.

I have my fantasies of you being,
Warm and romantic.
And you finding me...
A delicious meal to eat.

And when I pray before I go to sleep,
I pray for someone other than you...
To show up in my dreams.
Someone that has your qualities...
But without your moods and distant attitudes.

Sometimes I sit with wishes,
Wanting you to be someone different...
Than the person you are.
And yet that person you are,
Is the one I fell in love with.