Deep Waters

I dive
When passion touches heart and skin
I dive
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I dive
When passion touches heart and skin
I dive
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If he is in-between worlds when
his hand grabs my vulva without invitation,
is it still a violation,
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We were 96%, according to the Cupid.
We mixed our traditional and our liberalism
on our inked-up arms
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My friend came to me today
invoking the “client confidentiality” clause.
She needed me to be therapist for an hour
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I have been telling you “I love you” in my head
for a good long week now.
It is too early,
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I did not build a mountain from a molehill,
shoveling earth with each circulation of thought
until exhaustion set in
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Reaching, reaching always giving
Time and heart and depth of living
I give too much, it’s too much for you
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I have a sneaking suspicion
that I could be placed
somewhere on a spectrum.
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You vulnerable
offering up surrender
in linear practical terms
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From now on,
I’m not gonna give away nothing.
No more confessions,
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It was easy, then, when you were only 2-D,
to keep you safe in your container.
No tools required to maintain equilibrium —
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when you and I together created a universe
and entered it via the doorway of lips, nipples, genitals
and through the deepening gaze of
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