Live Wire

She is not one to tread quietly,
Leaving small footprints as she goes.
She will not be a silent force in your life.
She will come crashing in,
Like a violent ocean wave.
And you will let her.
Because she is an electric beauty,
With the blood of the stars
Running through her veins.
She is a live wire,
So know in the end
That she will burn you.
And you will let her.
Because she is the first person
To make you feel alive since
You don't remember when.
And she sounds elegant
Even when she says the word "Fuck".
 You will love her to the point of madness,
And she will let you.

How This Ends

My green-eyed lover,
With your touch
As soft and slow
As your voice.
I feel you smile
Beneath my lips.
Perhaps in another life,
We were more
Than whatever it is
We are now.
Perhaps you once
Fixed my broken wing,
And showed me how to love again.
But not now my darling,
Not now.
You are not my cure,
You are my morphine.
A drug to ebb the pain
In the middle of the night.
The fire in my chest,
Burns a little less hotter
When my fingers
Are roaming your body
Like new territory.
And then,
I press my feet to your cold floor.
I dress in the dark.
And that my dear,
Is how this ends.

Do Not Tell Her You Love Her

Do not tell her you love her
Because of how her eyes shine
In the middle of the night.
Do not tell her you love her
Because of how she smiles
After every savory kiss.
Do not tell her you love her
Because she laughs
When you tease her.
Do not tell her you love her
Because of the sweet promises
She whispers in your ear.
Do not tell her you love her
To get her into your bed
Or to keep her from leaving.
 Please, do not tell her you love her
Just because she loves you.

What We Fear

The undiscovered country from whose
Borne no traveler returns.

To fall into the dark pits of oblivion,
Is the only way to know.
To drown in the murky depths
Of the labyrinth,
Is the only way out.