By Ali
Date: 2007 Jun 30
Comment on this Work
[[2007.06.30.11.55.27822]]

Asking

I suppose it's too much to ask,
but I am asking, anyway.
You and I
both know it, the heart of it,
the depth of it, the unreasonable crux
of all that we are, and ever have been.

I love you.
I never said it.  I never say it.
But there it is.  Real enough to touch,
closer than you are, right now,
but you always knew how to touch me
without trying, without actually being near.

I need to feel you risking
more than you ever knew you could.
I need to feel you offering
more than you ever knew you had.
I need you
to concede, to illuminate,
to tip your hand--
I suppose I am asking too much,
but I am asking, anyway.