I Want

I want some cookies,
I want a retirement fund,
I want a man to take care of me when I grow old,
I want more options than this in life.
I don’t want to ever run out of beauty products again.
I want a dog,
I want to rent a house,
no, in fact, I want to rent a cottage.
A beautiful sea-side cottage in Monterey,
or Carmel with you,
yes, with you.
I want you to take care of me.
I want to take care of you.
In our proper and perspective ways.
I want to look in shops today,
and eat chocolates.
I want to hug a dog and rest my head on someone’s lap.
I want to learn how to cope with everything,
when nothing goes right
and you wake up in a different world one morning.
Different than the one you fell asleep in months ago.

~Jenny