By Misti
Date: 2004 Dec 09
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Fierce With Reality

You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality.
~Florida Scott-Maxwell

I say that I am yours
but in truth
I am mine
and mine alone
you reach me often
with your warmth and true love
burning bright and gold
you do not allow the old cold strange silences
to take me from you
you coax me out to play
soften my coarse edges
with patience and playfulness
because you know the steps of the dance
I dance with you happily
I tango
I waltz
I John Travolta "Saturday Night Fever" style
for awhile I am claimed
but not really
not tamed
not truly
I've loved other men
and I have been alone
I've crawled down dark twisted roads
there are hurts you will never know
pain you cannot kiss away
victories that are mine
losses that are mine
your frayed Valentine is fierce with reality
not too lacy
definitely not pink
and I think you are fierce with your own reality
and that is why
I know
we have more than a snowball's chance
in hell.