Distance

My Love,
Do not hold it against me
When I tell you
I need my solitude
My Silence
My Self.
Do not call me selfish
For distancing myself from you.
I am not taking away my love.
But letting it expand
In my heart
In my self.
When I am alone in my silence,
My solitude,
I realize then
That I need you.
Yet when I am with you,
Sometimes, I don't see that.
How much I need you.
In those times,
I need to step away
Away from you
Away from the world
Away from everything.
So that I may return
A better lover
A better friend
A better me
And better for you.
So do not hold it against me
For staying in this quiet moment
This lonely place
For when I do,
I long to return
To you in full
And when I do,
You'll know my love.
You'll know,
My Love.