In This Bed

In this Bed

By Keith Kareem Williams

I want to share more than words with you. I want to share my bed and if you decide to lay here, I want to share everything that is mine. You once asked me what I want, and after all this time, my answer is still the same. I want everything! I know that that’s a broad request so let me explain. I want you here with me so that we can make a mess of this bed so often that it’s almost never neat. I want to find your hair on the pillow and smell your perfume in the sheets so that even in your absence, you still haunt me. In this bed, I want to read the best parts of my stories to you on the days you feel lazy while you listen to my voice dreamily. I want you to share your thoughts and ambitions with me enthusiastically. Right here is where I want to watch movies with you. Right here is where I want to eat breakfast in bed, and devour all of you too. When it’s cold outside, I want our blanket and my body to keep you warm. I want you to sleep and dream peacefully here, knowing that you’re safe. This is the bed that I want to be the last bed you ever find yourself in because this is where you want to be. If these walls could talk, I want them to whisper the truth of our story and anyone that’s intuitive enough to listen will feel that tale pull at their heartstrings. I want you to sometimes sit with your arms folded, mad at me in this bed so that I can make you smile and change your mind about me in this bed. With my head on these pillows, I want to hear about your days right before we create our own unforgettable nights. To tell you the truth, I’ve had other lovers but having you here on your side of the bed is the only thing that ever felt right.  While wrapped up in these sheets, we can float on our own cloud 9 and have it feel better than anything in the sky. Together, we can lay here, bare our souls and then forget the past because what we have is all that really matters. In this bed, I want to knock down every one of your walls and strip away every layer of secrets until I can see exactly who you are, right down to your core. I want to watch you age in this bed and remain amazed by how you seem exactly the same as the first day I ever saw you. Right here is where I want you to watch me, and help me to grow into the man that you know I can be. Be my anchor so I don’t float away and I’ll keep you tethered to everything that makes you smile. In this bed, let’s live a happy, unforgettable life.