which metaphor are you,
which simile?
you can be worn-out shoes,
a beaten-down path,
else a bird in flight.
what comparison shall you be,
which category:
length, years, nature,
else modernity or urbanity.
which metaphor,
a spring rain, summer sunshine,
a tornado in autumn?
you are like a:
war that can't be won,
story not yet written,
a guitar unstrung.
be everything,
represent everything i want:
and sweep me off my feet
with your articulate affection.