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To Know Love

Love
it excludes me

I’ve never felt my heart flutter much
Seldom felt heat pool in my stomach,
or a yearning for another’s touch.

I’ve dreamt of a gorgeous white dress, a chilling symphony
and a vow uttered with utmost sincerity
I’ve dreamt of tremulous heat and desire Heaven could not rival
a thundering heart beneath my tentative fingers.
Of a connection formed by something almost primal.

For my mind had relied
a standard I could not abide

In all ways but love
we have pride in logic
In all ways but sex
we disgust in the animalistic

Failings detached from my will
remove meaning from moments that haunt me still,

Your hand leading mine to dance, erasing all fear 
Our laughter bringing forth insatiable glee and levity 
Lending Your sleeve to wipe away my ever-welling tears 
Excitement that bordered on mania as Our voices overlayed in a mutual symphony 
Sitting side by side, Your shoulder pressed into mine. 
A brash belief in a future as Our hands intertwined 
and faced the ever callous tide of time 

All lacking, all wastes
For it didn’t lead to passion and unscrupulous desires of the flesh.
For it remained unquestioned and chaste


But if I could be so bold as to indulge in the warmth of your hand, to hold it to my heart 
to know you’ll never be beyond notion
and be who makes your smile stretch ever wider 
To offer devotion
all without true obligation tethering us together 
and wish for your company until death do us part. 

Could I consider that selfishness love?

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