i accept the universe wrong
though i choose not to attach myself
so i wander up and down at
the library, downtown, alone.
(remember, no medals are awarded for loneliness)
suddenly! i lay in the greenglade;
my ear to the grass,
looking into Her eyes
knowing hers into mine.
with a laugh meet my lips.
our bodies ebb.
our bodies flow.
(remember! life is too short
to spend waiting for disaster)

suddenly eden opened for an instant.
in giving i didn't find You.
i was discovered, myself.
at night, we feast on each other.
in the morning, She wakes me with a kiss.
i heard Your voice as i rose
from the library floor (head aching).
somehow Your message was on repeat.
(remember? how i said i was afraid)

i was afraid of becoming a cemetary
of performance, for when excuses are
dead i must act. and without hesitation
we began to dance and swore to never
return. to stay where lack of time
negates sickness-death's but a timetable.
Your beauty merciless,
oft, the way love acts.

with nothing but love
i'm better now.

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