I fell apart for you,

open handed, bare skinned,

taut and raw.

I crumpled in a ragged heap

the moment that I saw

long arms reaching down to me.

My heart near broke in two,

half blinded by the sacred light

that whispered off of you.

Reluctant then to hold as tight

as I would come to need-

deciding slowly I was helpless,

captured and weak-kneed-

completely open, I was caught

and all my skin was torn

off my bones, so you could reach

a spirit so forlorn.