I don’t want to be
your wife;
lover;
girlfriend;
mother;
best friend.
I want to be
be a contemporary courtesan
to be your intellectual equal,
To be your skilled lover,
attentive to your every need.
I want to know
how your mind ticks
play to your strengths
and weave over your weaknesses
I want to breathe the air
where you are yourself
I want to be your companion
in the talkative silences.
I want all your attention
and give you all of mine
I want to keep this on the edge,
where this relationship has no name.
I want to share stolen moments
from ambitious dreams and busy schedules
I want being with you as effortless
and as desirous as the moon rising in the sky!
I want to be a part of your world
Only a part, and not the whole.
I want us to fly together
and sometime disparate
to conquer diverse worlds
and celebrate together
I want to share a common space
Not a roof.
I want us to share experiences
not merely time.
I want no one to decide the rules
except the ones we make.
I want to know how you feel
the minute you say hello!
I want to be with you
because of you.
because of who I become when I am with you
because of what you bring out in me.
I want to be with you
without artifice
without agenda
without dependence
without financial ties.
I want to be your
contemporary courtesan!
and want you to
return the favour…