Your palms and fingers
Like strong metal mirrors trace my face
Pulling my hair away
You slip into the cloak I'm wearing
Like the wine out of a goblet I drink
Into the starless city night sky
And I needed to battle it out with you
I imagine in our time together
Who I am needs to be shown
Who the stronger of us is.

I've been so deep on this road on my own
My holographic drum echoing so loud
As I hit it back and forth
With neon pink claws
And an icy green desire
To release, to give, to empower, to elevate.

I'm a bossy *****
When I know what I want I go for it
With a sharp confidence
I've had to work so hard baby
To convince people they should trust me to lead.
I'm still in the midst of that journey
Question marks scaling the wind around me
I slashed and even still--
Slash through them with a mighty arrow, or sword
Whatever currently suits my fancy
Or feels innate.

I know for a long time
I haven't truly respected many of my past lovers
I've gotten so good at being on my own.

You came along
With such great care, to hold, to ground
You pour over my body like you could feast for days on end
I surrender myself to you
Even if I need to fight you at first
I've just spent so long fighting.

So now what?
Its nearly 3AM
My words, letters, I glisten within the feeling of releasing them
I know you said the weight for you wasn't there
But I hope you too,
Feel great care
And later reflect back on the words I gift to you
With that love within yourself you offer to me
Not because I need to prove myself to you
But because you are so capable of giving.

A lion
I'd been waiting to meet one.