It has taken me forever,
forever to realize
these things,
these seductive mysteries,
these succulent sweet visions
are screaming,
swirling around
in my tortured brain
& rising up
from the darkest depths
of love.

And when I piece them together
in jumbled stanzas,
filled
with expressions
of my personal demons,
I am drawn
into even greater fantasies.

Are any of us really rational?
I believe it...to be true.