By sassy
Date: 2005 Aug 01
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Paradox

You think love is a solitary thing
solid as a tree trunk
predictable,
measurable by the rings
that accumulate over the years
on the hand closest to my heart.

He thinks love is splintered
varied, victim of  attention
deficit disorder,
love is for one day at a time
one stolen hour at a time
one heady, world shattering kiss
at a time.

I think love is greed,
and need, and gluttony.
Paralyzing, mesmerizing,
empty and full, bitter and sweet
too much and too little,
too loud and too quiet,
too painful and gorgeous
all at once.

I think the truth is I love
you both for different reasons
and would cleave my soul down
its seam if it meant I could have
two loves, two lives.
I think it hurts and heals me
to have steady earth, and blazing fire.
I think I need this,
and yet I can't hold
so much in my heart.