until now I have never realized how close
the words scarred and scared are-
something akin to always and all ways.
these are the kind of words
you use when you are aching,
or writing a love letter.
or when you are angry.
sweetheart surely you can understand
how scared I am: scarred by your moonlight skin
and your tough little hips, the way you hold me.
I will always love you, now and always;
you swim through my sleep. I think of you
in every way, in all ways.