Love,

The thickest of all emotions,

Runs through me

Like a needle through silk

Like water through a sieve.

The world is sometimes rosy peach

When you are in it

When you are in me

And sometimes black

When you are without

And I’m out of you

I bind my head

In soft-smelling cotton

In hard-edged lace

I stuff my wounds

With vale-lilies

It stops the bleeding

And I’m starting

To love every scar

That reminds me of one of yours

And I’m starting

To love every small

Twinkling traffic light

That shines like you shine

When your shadows give way to smiles

And love runs through me

Love runs through me

Love runs through me

Slick with liquid silk