By mojave
Date: 20 April 2000

You've Seen Me

       You've seen me
   at my worst
            and still 
                  you love me.
You've seen me 
           at the edge
                      of the abyss
         and called me back
(whether you knew it
                or not)
     with terms of endearment
                   and a sweetness
                          so pure
       it would haunt my dreams
  for weeks.
                   I will remain
           enraptured with the
       Edge,
                 though...
    Neither of us can change that.
                 And I know
I cannot change you,
              nor would I want to.
       I can only strive 
               to make you believe
   that I don't want you--
                 I NEED you.
                     I burn
            for you
                   in fact
        like foxfire
                  in a fever dream
     on a night when
                       stars fell
                  on Alabama.