there are no safe words
in love
except for
YES
for we are devoured
helplessly by each other
through a rose window invitation
of delicate kisses
and shared dreams
putting an end to desolations cruel gnaw

YES
to the beginning of dependency
cowardice and war
mirth and ravishment  
frustration and fulfillment
periods of ruin and building up
but
the face of time withers all

everything in time my dear

there are no safe words
in love
except for
YES
yes to all that is given
and every bitter pill