*** The poem obviously had meaning, but I wonder if it might flow better if it rhymed. While I read it I kept thinking it was going to rhyme but when it didn't I felt like the flow was stopped and started again. I could feel what it was you were trying say in poem, you created great visuals (a good thing). I'm not sure I liked the way it made me feel as an over all though. But then again I'm not a poet either. Keep writing it soothes the soul...***

 I love it!  I love the rhythm and the flow.  I don't have anything constructive to add, except the ending is ambigious.  Is the speaker still with him, despite her knowledge of his lies?  Or is that already answered in the first stanza ("after all, the night is long")?

I'm sorry I don't have a great crit for you, I just wanted to say I love your poem! I'll be looking for other stuff by you.

 I, like the person before me, don't have a lot of critique to give, but just wanted to say how much I really enjoyed your poem.  I love the style and the flow (and LOVE that it doesn't rhyme).  I totally got what you were saying, but not saying.  You wanted more--true love, gifts of love, expressions of love, but what you got was passion and desire.  Even if it is not true love, for you (rather the person in the poem), it is ok to settle for this now.  I appreciated that you didn't make the person weak or a victim, but rather someone who knows the truth and is okay with what she has...for now.  I also get the sense (real or imagined), that this person won't always "Settle" for this, and that one day she will find (or at least seek) the true love that she wants.  Thanks for sharing!  I think it is great.  

 I loved this!! I liked the part where you said"That all you want   Begins and ends   With sweaty sheets   And fevered skin."  That is quite true with some people and that is really all they are out for.

This is really Good!