A Lifetime Isn't Long Enough

I have just enough time on this earth to love you fully

If you let me love you now

There is an eternity beyond this moment

Where we can go our separate ways

But while my soul is still trapped inside this

Messed up mound of flesh

It would love it if you joined mine

Let’s be messed mounds together

We’ll look less like human beings and more like drying play dough

And when your skin is cracked and your marble begins to

Shatter and lose its sheen

I will polish you off until my hands no longer work

A lifetime isn’t long enough to make things better

But it’s all I got

So don’t keep me waiting

Because I will be there even when you turn into a child again

And those “oops I crapped my pants” commercials will no longer be funny

We can be children together

Helpless until we finally go our separate ways

But let me love you until then

You are more than second chances

And more than redemption

You are the mouth singing softly

The song of fornication

Grapes juice themselves when you speak

And turn to wine

Your voice is that illicit

You still my stutter to speechless

You

cruel lady

Are so careless with the hearts you impale with your heels

On the rare occasions you wear them

And please stop throwing your head back when you laugh

Or speaking so softly that I feel I need to move closer

I can’t get any closer

Not without knowing you love me

Patience is for people who have the time to wait

I have a lifetime

And it isn’t nearly long enough

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