I didn't

I didn't want to wash the taste of you from my mouth
I didn't want to scrub your salt from my skin
I didn't want to rub my shoulder from where it fetched up against yours.

I wanted to stay the whole night, instead of just a few hours.
I wanted to tell you how much you meant
and show what I meant.

The words I could not find
And the hours wouldn't let me stay--

I brushed my teeth, and washed my skin
The shoulder will have to wait.
I didn't sleep, or eat
in mourning a love lost
and blood thinned.

The feeling wasn't enough to give the world away.