My first YST poem.

Selfish.

Lying on the grass,
Lying on the sand,
Next to the water,
Above the sky.

The sun sets and I still lie there
No one ever wonders where I am
I don’t want their concern.
But you are always concerned about me.

"You have to be a little selfish now and then," I would say to my love
He would laugh and hold me in his arms.
Sometimes spending time together is my only happiness,
Filling me with joy as he smiles at me.

Pair of dark blue eyes, cobalt laughing as he kisses me,
His warmth wrapping around me
Like a seductive gypsy
Pulling me out of my seclusion

My love would smile, beautiful eyes filled with laughter.
I would joke just to hear him laugh for me.
He would do anything for me,
His loyalty to me amazes me.

He scoops me up in his arms,
Beautiful innocence feelings in his eyes.
When I recounted days and years gone wrong,
He would hold me tight and say, "I’ll always be here when you need me"

He always loved children and would play with them just to see them smile,
Not for him, but for themselves.
Many moments in our lives are images and words
Or secrets whispered under stars.

My love had a nightmare after the war,
He would lie awake in our bed sobbing softly in order not to wake me
But I caught him and I held him close as he whispered his terrible torture
At the hands of his mortal enemy.

I was filled with rage that anyone dared touch my smiling prince.
I stopped his tears and he saw the rage in my eyes.
He said that I meant everything in the world to him and he valued my love for him
"With your love, I can get this behind me, but you have to help me. I hate feeling helpless"

I smiled and my love nuzzled fondly against me, cobalt eyes filled with love only for me.
Sometimes I wonder why you chose me Shu-chan, and I wonder why I chose you,
But we have been together for so long,
Earth facing Space, Earth always wondering what it would be like to touch the stars, Space wondering what it was like to feel like the Earth.

I found out, and it’s the most beautiful feeling in the world,
Just to have you by my side, wrapped in your loving arms
Never let me go please,
So that I can teach you to fly and learn what it’s like to love the Sky and Stars.

Yes, sometimes, you have to be selfish.