Truly Mine

What I need is a deep and abiding flame

a man who sees me

all that I am

beauty and pain

ugliness too

no love can survive

without admiration and respect

Trust 

and effort

No amount of compatibility can make up for indifference 

or deception

so are you true? 

True to yourself? True to me?

Can I wake up each day counting on the sunlight of your love?

See the devotion in your eyes and actions?

Or will you make me question? 

I don't need that

Be true to me, be truly, truly mine

or leave me be.