The Weight of it
I want to tell you that I love you like the sun, and the stars That the very thought is like a black hole in my chest, Threatening to consume me, and you, and everything Heavier than the earth itself And yet it is light It is warmth and heat, Exploding out through all of the gaps in me I am all fission, and gathering storms, And in the middle is love, heavy, so heavy I cannot hope to lift it Perhaps one day my skin will burst with the light of it All of my atoms will give way with one final sigh And I will no longer have to carry you, carry me Love will have won, and I shall be no more I love you like water Like the rapids approaching a great waterfall The current is so fast, I could never hope to swim I am adrift, pulled down, pummeled by it I am a small plastic cup held under, hoping to show you All the water that the river ...