I want to feel love, if only for a little while,
experience all its consequences,
night-time paranoia and daytime dances.
I want to feel real love for a moment or two,
the breath of her words,
hot and heavy on my burning worlds.
I want to feel something different for a change,
a love that never goes too soon,
a broken laugh not blamed on a violent moon.
I want to live like a king for a day,
good morning my people,
no apologies for thinking of evil.
I want to feel love, that rarest of things,
so I can sleep well tonight,
and welcome in the coming daylight.
If only for a little while.
If only for a little while.