Because I know--
for once I know--
One day (one night?)
however time may pass
between
That you
will live long
and fast
and hard
and sweet
and I.
And I will
die.
I will die by a brook
shallow by the seas.
My tumbling limbs will
Sink my fingers.
Sink
my fingers.
Into this final patch
of the inbetween.

So here I am.
To make a piece
for keeps.

Always-- before my skin
skatters
and after
my ribs break away--
I say--
to you
a companion
and my home--
OKAY!
Okay, I love you.
Okay, I'll stay.
Okay, let's go.
Okay, let's go far away.
Okay, we linger.
Okay, we fight.
Okay, hunny I'm yours, and
Hunny, I'm alive.