Do not love me yet, for I
am still a teenager
A scimitar about the heart,
too sharp to touch too soon
Before I'm touched, I need to grow
more full in golden light;
I need to smile upon my life
& rule some path of the night
I need to know what roads & fields
lie in my domain
& dull my brand new ecstasies
with sophomoric pain
I need the love of some clueless boy
as smart & wicked as me,
that we might ***** in ignorance
& fear of what might be
& then when I'm all grown up,
& know what I can hold,
Then, perhaps, we could try love,
if you're not too old