Thursday, February 08, 2007

re: January 15th

started it then; picked it back up today.
unflattering to all parties involved.

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i love you, Moonlike
vain, tidal, turning new
best when you are full
you reflect better light
than i have thought to cast
but that is a lonely
day every month...

is it fair
to love you only full,
to love you
less when
you pull me
less,
less when your
head is turning?

i love you, Waterlike...
moving in your dancing-mirror-likeness
best when your lips roll in to kiss boat's prow
i would westward sail you
forever together under
the never-setting sun
if daily you did not
snuff out suns and sailors alike

is it fair
to love you
only as you lift me?
...to love you less
when you are
restless,
less when
you are
drowning...?

i love you moonlike; i love you waterlike.

4 comments:

Ms Lex said...

this
like a Paulo Nutini Song
is dangerously fantastic

..and not unflattering
all writers are critics

phil said...

unflattering in how it remarks upon the beloved as well as betrays the lover.

Ms Lex said...

but thats what i like about it

phil said...

then i guess i'll just shut the hell up and take a compliment.