The Blood & The Bones

I often reminisce on when you would not take no for an answer

the brutality of being wanted that much

and how that desire

which said “you will not deny me”

started the fire that burned on the pyre

time and distance had built for us

feeding the flames

each time you spread me open and pushed apart my reluctance

or rejection

as it burned, I became more yours

and less of whatever else I had been

I want that again

if you seek a thing that lasts

don’t let us fall into complacency

the love I have is always best

when forced or taken

sometimes stolen, sometimes an offering

a game we play, a door you open

I have shown you the lock and all but given you the key

do not waste the opportunity to be the kind of man you said you were

the one you embodied in those moments

brave enough to earn my submission and surrender

over and over

if you really want forever

do not ask for it

take it

the blood

& the bones