Love Affair

I can't just be your fantasy,
Only present when you want me,
Gone when everything is going well.

I, too, am human;
I have feelings,
I have needs.

I exist.

I'm not just colors in the wind,
A whisper of your cold imagination.

If you want me,
Take me;
Pull me off my feet,
Into your life.

But -

Quit pulling on my heartstrings
Like the cruel puppeteer
I know
You are.

I'll play your games
And dance your dance
No longer.