Real

03/09/23

Give me some absence
to feel your presence.

Give me some distance
to feel your presence.

Give me some silence
to feel your presence.

But you are so thirsty
But you are so hungry
But you are so lonely

You’d swallow me whole

In a gulp
In a bite
In a swirl.

Holding so tightly
Keeping so tightly
Clinging so tightly

That I become dust.

I was once crimson flames
I was once gushing rains
I was once bursting chains

I was once mesmerized
I was once capsized
I was once electrified

Divine anguish
Dizzying euphoria
Horrifying crash

Burn
Burn
into ashes.

It was easier to love
It was easier to cherish
It was easier to hold

When I couldn’t hold
When I couldn’t be held.

From afar
From a distance
From another galaxy

So much easier to love

Perfection
Apparence
Surface

Less dangerous
Less perilous
Less real…

And now reality engulfed me.
And now love beholds me.
And now truth encounters me.

Not as polished
Not as perfect
Not as phony

Real.

Raw
Boring
Frazzled

Real.

One knock
Another knock
And here we come…

To another land

Too tangible
Too overwhelming
Too fleshy

To only dream
To only read
To only admire.

Real.
Like a ring on your finger.

Real.
Like a hand on your hand.

Real
Like a laugh mingled with your laugh.