A Kosher Word for Love

I have been telling you “I love you” in my head
for a good long week now.
It is too early,
…

I have been telling you “I love you” in my head
for a good long week now.
It is too early,
…

I did not build a mountain from a molehill,
shoveling earth with each circulation of thought
until exhaustion set in
…

It was easy, then, when you were only 2-D,
to keep you safe in your container.
No tools required to maintain equilibrium —
…

when you and I together created a universe
and entered it via the doorway of lips, nipples, genitals
and through the deepening gaze of
…

like snow in the desert
or
somber joy
…

pulled forward in fear,
Every word a risk.
Yet you I crave
…