bind me. unwind me. curl me up and find me.
hold me close and set me free.
tie me down but let me be.
breathe alone but be with me.
hold a match and light me.

fight me. delight me. lure me in and bite me.
hold my gaze and trick my eye.
tie my tongue and walk on by.
breathe my dreams and learn to fly.
hold me close and free my mind.

my mind, unwinds, unbound by you who saw me.
freed, relieved, i lost the lies that tied me.
braved, saved, i ran to arms that hold me.
cold, gone, i've found the warmth that knows me.

bonded

lines connect us.
spreading spider webs
of emotion. devotion.
separation causes them to twist
and unfurl.
to tighten and stretch
to coil and vibrate.
will they break?
will they burn?
will they bind themselves
into thick cord
that ties us, ankle to ankle
wrist to wrist
heart to heart.
are they bonds that tie us down
or make us free?
if i am tied to you, am i less myself?
or maybe, after all, my loss in you is more to me
than ever i could be before.

create existence

i want to create.
i want to make.
so when the world
dissolves beneath my feet
like cracks in an earthqake-
i am still there.

i want to create.
i want to evoke.
so when the world's illusory
reality is shattered,
so when the smoke that hazes eyes has cleared -
i still exist. somewhere. anywhere. everywhere.