Not Because I Wanted You To

I had hoped you'd care Not because I wanted you to But because you just did.... And with that hope There was a small success of resilience Tangled in branches that reached skyward Beyond the barriers of uncertainty I had wished you'd dance Not because I asked you to But because my songs genuinely moved you... Moved you with the haunting lyrics Of a true woman's love Large enough to fill any concert hall I had dreamed you'd need me Not because I needed validation But because you needed me to know... And of that need deeply rooted and real There would come a greater understanding Of how lovers stitch their souls, as one Now as sunsets come later We are anything but strangers While I imagine the summer tanning us together If in fact you'd stay Not because I wanted you to But because you realized it's here you belong.