This Is How It Is

Note: Written for Jemmy to be given to Y.

I love you the way

Waves love the shore. 

There were times

when I was filled 

to the brim with tender love. I 

Loved you gently and I wanted

You

In my arms.

There were times 

when my love seemed like a 

hurricane: urgent and unrestrainable

I 

Thought of you

All night. 

But if you asked me

Why I loved you,

I would've had no idea

Other than I love you

And I do, I do. 

If You, But I

Often, in my dreams I
Do not love you.   

If you kissed me, 
my lips would not swell in heat.

If you touched me, 
my skin would not tingle in recognition.

But I do love you. 
And I yearn for the warmth of your body. And,

I want your milk-soaked skin next
To mine.

So I would rather not love you at all
Than to want you all day long.