Gleaming

You never imagined me

Yet here I am at your door

Hands resting upon the floor.

I'm not asking for your obedience

Or looking for novel way to kill time;

I want to start a tale with you

That ends only when I do.

Void of life's venomous creek

Let us find happiness together

Let us seek solace 

Within our home

Let us discover comfort

In a night's subtle embrace.

It's not that I need someone -

It's simply that I need you.

Many people have driven

Sadness from the core

Of my eternal being,

But the majesty of your

Hair gleaming in sunlight

Is one of my great wonders.

The gentle pattern of your sleeping

Is more soothing than any

Beast has fallen to before.

Thus she spoke:

"What of my faults? What if I hurt you?

What if I cannot give you enough

To stay?"

I will grab your hand in my own

And run forth into life's expanse,

To leave our every moment

Exhausted and exceptional.

We will have trials in its time

From the external and internal,

But I could never be better off

Without you occupying my space.

I could never truly smile

Without having you to look forward to.

I could never truly live my life

Without you as my darling wife.

Legislative

Warmth cascades over me

Cleansing of the spirit

Stoking desire.

To exist is to want,

And in this truth

I have been cursed

By the consistency -

Coated in salvation

With each success.

What do you want?

I can't do enough

To satiate you;

I can't be enough

For you to take pride in;

I can't accomplish enough

To find needed validation;

I can't feel enough

To find a foothold

Amongst clay soil.

I count on you

To shine my name

When the shroud creeps.

Solitary and subdued

Finding a voice from within:

Me, myself......

And I.