Tag: love

Everyone just wants someone, anyone
to Listen
to pay Attention
like coins from a fraying purse
a Hunger and a boundless Thirst 
to be Seen
to be Heard
like a Human worthy and complete 
standing on their own two feet

Everyone just wants that singular one
to Kiss
to be Kissed
like water I pour my Self
like wine I drink your Self 
to Care
to be Cared for 
like a Human loved and beloved 
lying together amidst this cosmic Bed. 

And so we go on like this, pretending
As if nothing has and will ever change
Not one of us fully comprehending
Why these ties that you bind are now fraying, estranged

You think that if we all just walk blindly
Close our eyes and ears to Justice and Truth
Somehow we can look back at this fondly
That Love alone can somehow meekly soothe

I reject your compulsive Forgiveness
I object to your purblind Compassion
I want Love that is grounded on Fairness
Not one based on evasive omissions

Avert your eyes, if you will, to all this
And pretend like we will somehow forget
But there is no going back to your imagined bliss
Only hearts overfed with putrid regret.

Roses are red, violets are blue:
'til God strikes me dead, even thence, I'll love you.

For my Love is no casual fling,
it throbs and thrives, a-flowering,
a prayer in the dark of night,
a gust of air 'neath birds in flight.

My Love doth sing in hushed tones,
in tender words it soothes my bones,
it calls to you, in sweetest praise,
it rises with your morning gaze.

My Love flees not the growling seas,
it stays, it braves, my Love and me.
Undaunted by Life's rough travails,
My Love, amidst it all, prevails.

So when they praise the reddest Rose,
and when they mark the Violet blue -
The angels themselves will propose
That Our Love be forever True.

Happy Valentine’s Day to my one True Love <3