Nothing Compares 2 U

At first,

you were nothing 

but merely a simple want

I've learned to deny myself.

Until your hands 

brushed against my skin

and sent shivers

down my spine.

A shiver that was

set not by the cold wind,

but by the warmth

of your fingertips

trailing across my neck,

towards my back.

That was when 

a simple want

turned into

something more;

into this clawing need

right here

deep in my gut

that I could never

deny myself any longer.