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Love For the Moment

I get
Addicted
To her
Novocaine
Moments,
The times where
She makes
Everything
Quiet.
She lights fires
In places I can’t
See,
Burns tattoo-like
Days into my palms
So I’ll never forget.
And I won’t.

Take my hand
And
I’ll swallow you
Like an angry
God-
A distant
God-
One
I can’t find
Myself
Believing in.

Then,
Tap into my
Soul
Like a maple tree,
It bleeds out
Memories
And heartbreak
Hopefulness,
Like this time
It will be
Different.

No two
Loves
Are the same,
Or even
Comparable-
I’d say I love you now
For who you are
Currently,
Just as some don’t love
Anymore
For who I have
Become.
But,
I’d say,
I love you
Wholeheartedly.

I’d say,
Take this kiss-
It’ll be different tomorrow,
Or even today,
In the late afternoon-
But
Just like how vines grow
Together up poles
I’d say I want to grow
With you,
Together,
Entwined like vines
Or wires
Or cotton fibers-
I just know that
Things do grow
Apart,
Too.

I’d say,
You burn brighter.
But fuses burn bright
When they burst
And I’m more wary now
Than ever
About love that feels like
Fire,
About a touch that burns
Deeper
Than cooling charcoal
Embers-
I want
Something
That feels like peace
Or serenity
Or maybe
Just a quiet spot
Somewhere
Away from all these
People,
My thoughts.

I deal in
Somedays,
Which is to say
That I dream of a
Love to be,
Which is to say
That I love the idea
Of tomorrow
More than living today,
Or remembering
Yesterday
And if I remember
Any of this,
Of you and I,
It’s because you are
Something
I never wanted to
Forget.

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