A Dedication

You are my love My sweet protector My guardian in the night The one who persevered to convince me Who taught me how to fight You are power You are struggle You are weakness You are light You are everything inside That makes me come alive You are my love My sweet confessor My redemption personified The one who fought so hard to love me Who taught me how to lie You are tantric You are passion You are magic You are fear You are the reason for my happiness The salt within my tears When you hold me, you command me When you speak, I hear no words My heart feels the words you cannot say Reads the emotions undisturbed When you touch me, you make me tremble When you laugh, you make me smile The disparity of confusion Because you can only stay awhile Why are you here? What do you want? Can I give that to you now? I loved you well once And I have not forgotten how But you are shadow You are darkness You are control And you are pain You are all the elements of my past I will not relive again You are sunshine You are brightness You are surrender Needed rest You are the dream held for the future The past I soon forget You are my love My sweet protector My guardian in the night You are my love My sweet confessor You are redemption personified You are my death You are my future You are my sleepless nights You are my life You are happiness and anger You are humble, you are pride The reason for my laughter And the reason I still cry You are everything and nothing to me All wrapped into one You bring to me the pouring rain But you also bring the sun There was sunshine, then it rained Then there was a storm Through the downpour, the lightning I was a lover scorned The electricity, the power, the thunder The memories that linger in this room The rain stopped, the clouds parted Have you come back too soon? There is a part of me you hold No one else will ever know I offer it to you now A sacred promise, my private vow I will love you, will protect you Will be your darkness and your light I am the guardian of your secrets I am your passion burning bright You can love me, you can have me You can try to be my friend Reclaim me, you can save me Be my lover, be my man Or you leave me, you can hurt me You can use me once til the end Lie to me, convince me Break my heart again You are my love My sweet protector My guardian in the night You are my love My sweet confessor You are redemption personified I am for you, my muse Claim me