Just in Case

We talk for hours about nothing much. You made me laugh,

a tender touch. I never felt a spark ignite. You were warm, so close,

too right. Just friends I said, and meant it then,

but you were far more than other men. You were there, no questions asked,

ever present, ever past. Yes your heart was mine to take,

if I felt the need to break. I kept you close but out

of view, while chasing sparks that never grew. You wait, I knew,

no rush, no chase, that guy I kept, just in case.