Saturday, July 21, 2012

to a woman not everyone knows how to love



you are a horse running alone
and he tries to tame you
compares you to an impossible 
highway
to a burning house
says you are blinding him
that he could never leave you
forget you
want anything but you


you dizzy him, you are unbearable
every woman before or after you 
is doused in your name
you fill his mouth
his teeth ache with memory of taste
his body just a long shadow seeking
yours


but you are always too intense
frightening in the way you want him
unashamed and sacrificial 
he tells you that no man can live up to 
the one who
lives in your head


and you tried to change didn't you?
closed your mouth more
tried to be softer
prettier
less volatile, less awake
but even when sleeping you could feel 
him travelling away from you in his
dreams


so what did you want to do love
split his head open?
you cant make homes out of human 
beings
someone should have told 
you that
and if he wants to leave
then let him leave


you are terrifying
and strange and beautiful 
something not everyone knows how 
to love.



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