Because I know--
for once I know--
One day (one night?)
however time may pass
between
That you
will live long
and fast
and hard
and sweet
and I.
And I will
die.
I will die by a brook
shallow by the seas.
My tumbling limbs will
Sink my fingers.
Sink
my fingers.
Into this final patch
of the inbetween.
So here I am.
To make a piece
for keeps.
Always-- before my skin
skatters
and after
my ribs break away--
I say--
to you
a companion
and my home--
OKAY!
Okay, I love you.
Okay, I'll stay.
Okay, let's go.
Okay, let's go far away.
Okay, we linger.
Okay, we fight.
Okay, hunny I'm yours, and
Hunny, I'm alive.
He told me he loves me, today. ..