Let me love you

Let me love you

My voice is tiny
but I sing
frail songs of love I lost
of all the ways
I loved you
since our paths have crossed

Let me love you

My heart is huge
kettle drum beats
come close
until you can
feel it pound
the syllables of your name

Let me love you
as I have loved you
Let me be with you
when you are with me
in the ways and places
we are with each other
who we are
and none else.

Epiphanies of love

sometimes
we have epiphanies of love
an understanding that
we do not have to
hate or fear each other

it does not last
and we sink
back into the sucking mire
that we are calling
home
because we never feel at home
with one another

sometimes
I see sunlight on your face
a smile
that I have never seen you
smile before
and I realise
I have never known you at all.