It might sound selfish,

To ask you not to leave me.

But I’ll ask anyways.

I’ll ask because we’re not done yet. Because we’ve so much more to see.

Or maybe just because I can’t write this little note without loving you so fiercely.

So don’t leave. Stay awhile. Stay forever.

Or just until you’re an old woman and I can help you into your favorite blue nightie. Tuck you quietly into bed. Kiss your cheek and send you off to sleep.

The way you did me every night when first we met.