Jealous Gratitude

I am jealous of everything that has ever touched you, the breaths of hot sunshine that have soothed your cheeks with hope, the moonlight that has painted your lips with lilly silver, the darkness that has calmed you into soft slumber, the rain that has pelted your flesh with sky splash, the breeze that has lifted your hair with seductive intent, Jealous of every temptation that has made your soul sweat, every secret that has sworn obedience to your obsessions, every kiss that has taken a taste of your sweet heat every man that has collapsed into your romance, every mouth that has spoken your name with awe every second that has circled your psyche, every particle that has pranced through your bloodstream, every emotion that enlivens your ego, every knot of knowledge that supports your smarts, every star that has caught your girlish wishes, every tear that slides faithfully from the pink rims of your eyelids, every cut that has silenced your pride, Jealous of every thing that has left you, fed you, led you, entered you, yet, I am grateful for all these odd and splendid things that have known your beauty and pain, for they have made my need for you real and your love for me possible, this jealousy is my love hypocrisy - J.A.B.