I long for the warmth of true love.
And for the ecstasy of knowing I am cherished.

I long to know the fulfillment of being needed.
Simply because I am who I am.

I long to be respected enough to never again be lied to. Nor to ever again know the anguish of being betrayed.

I long to love a man so deeply my love will cherish him forever. I long to bear his children and raise them with the love and morals that seem to have faded away into a transparent mist in this present day.

I long to be told I'm beautiful simply because someone took the time to look beneath the outer shell.

I long to find the kind of happiness that lasts eternally. Placing never-ending love in a heart filled with loneliness.

In the moments from which I awaken from my dream filled reverie, it is then that I am thrust back into the bitter cold of the frost that comes with the reality of each new dawn.

Written & Copyright By Jesslan
October 29, 2000