Admire not always Equating desire I wanted to hear you Appear to conspire Against me Preemptively tempting Descent Reinventions Of tempestuousness Lament Unrelentingly Holding me under, Asunder, Inside In your presence As placid as thunder No wonder I stumbled In humbling hubris You needed no man, Little boy, And you knew this Exuded it True to your word From the horse’s mouth Thinnin’ the ranks Of the herd And that one’s for you Out there Without me Succeeding Exceedingly Stick to your guns Without bleeding And that’s where the peace became Nothing remains, I would bathe In a river of it To reclaim Your attentive Retention Of my complete Sentience And still even now Can’t complete a whole sentence