LOVE

I want to love
With abandon
Unafraid of the pain of rejection
With a childish hope
I want to stretch out my arms
And not fear the darkness
Into which I reach

I want to love
Like my mother
Who's furrowed brow and greying hair
Are evidences of her affections
And cares for the ones
She released upon the world

With a fierceness
And a fire
Burning and passionate
And uncontrolled
Which hurts just as often as it heals

I want to love
As many people as possible
And all at once
I want to hold them all
In an embrace that expresses
The unspoken sorries I have

And care
Too much
For far too many
Even as the care like a tidal wave
Floods my wild heart
And lungs
With worry
I want to love

Unbidden
Without restraint
With open palms
that are sweaty and shaking
But willing
To connect and collide
So that my fingers are so intertwined
With others that I cannot see where
I begin
And then I'll know
That I have loved

Take it
All of it
Like dogs to a bone
Tear me to pieces
Leave nothing behind
Keep it all to yourself
And fight for the scraps
Of what's left of me

Cut deep
Slice me open
Drain out life
From my open wounds
Try and capture it
Bottled fragments of my being
Ignore the screaming
I'll be silent soon enough

Severe me
From mine
Till every limb's detached
And you can have one each
And maybe then be satisfied
Having finally destroyed
My form for your own pleasure

Not enough
You will find
The taste of me will linger
But what you have wont last
Long enough to sustain the hunger
You'll need more
Soon enough

So leave behind my bones
And take to the skies
In search of another weary soul
Circle wide and be patient
As their knees give in you will witness
Their spirit escape them too

Wrap your arms around me
Stop the tide from breaking me apart
And hold together
My separating limbs
As they loose from their settings
Keep me steady
Between your beating heart
As skin sparks a current
And I feel a shiver from mine to yours
Hold breaths and sigh
Shaken tremblings from a tested self
Let loose as it unravels beneath you
And the quiver of our meeting
Tickles tips of toes and tongues and hands