By kevin urenda, kluless70@hotmail.com
Date: 17 May 1999

I am yours

The egocentric moments 
are the ones I should live without
They are the times that take hold of me
and take me away from your love
but I cannot escape who I am
I am only a human who remembers 
that he is flesh and blood every so often
and has needs like everyone else 
whom I live to serve and protect 
(you know you are at the top of that list)

Usually my heart is like a blanket that my friends 
and my loved ones can drape around themselves, 
hiding under its warmth, 
from the world as children do,
or a piece of endless construction paper 
that can be cut into little shapes that suit
them best

But before anything else
and before anyone else
I am your blanket
and I won’t allow myself to be taken from you
I am the paper that you can shape as you please
and the shapes that please you are
the ones I would mold the entire world into, 
not just my heart,
if it were in my power

5/4/99