i am love, i am sex, i am
the sun rising through broken
slats in your window shades
so that you can trace me against
someone else's warm skin.
i am lust, i am depth, i am
the deepest calm in your heart
even while you struggle,
the curve of the earth underneath
your wrecked apartment building.
i am sweet, i am hard, i am
made all of granite tenderness
and shining like a diamond
out from the crack in the sidewalk
where all look but no one sees.
i am ancient, i am fresh, i am
the son of chaos and the daughter
of war and the androgynous wet dream
of human life, the offspring
of everything you have tried to be.
i am dove, i am owl, i am
a hawk with fierce talons rushing
to defend my young, never at a loss
and always more than seven miles
away from the finish line.
i am dark, i am open, i am
psyche yearning to be unburdened
from hatred, the drop of searing
mistrust that shakes the best
of love's intentions.
i am love, i am sex, i am
the best of each individual
expressed through the joys of another,
i am the nightmare of never
wandering alone again.