Dont let go

Not many will love like me

Unfurl their whole ocean

Damnless heart

Will surrender the moon

Tides

And every part of them with the potential to pull

But you want a soft

Easy love

Like a waikīkī winter shore break

I cannot be so small

And cold

Not to throw my whole self in your direction

You asked

So I gave you my mattress

The cent of my hair

My body

And history

You smile and say you love me

Like love

Is something you can leave in the margins if things get heavy

But heavy is all I know

Steep crashing water

Is my only rhythm

I can give you no less than

All of me all at once

To love

Is to let a billion gallons of water fall out of me

While you turn away

Knowing

I will never get any of that water back

Which is to say

I would be nothing

Should you choose to leave

I know this by the scent of being left before

Which is to say

My memory of love is cut and scared over

Which is to say

That I have seen the warning signs of kite runners before

Which is to say

To love you

The only way I know how

With all my weight and strength

Falling

Is the bravest thing I can do

Which is to say

I am not afraid of you

Just the space you could leave behind in your wake

That you are worthy of every pound of this boundless love

That I would give you myself

A million times over

Even knowing the kind of hallow that could come

Which is to say

When I open my eyes

Try to pull you close to my chest

Whisper I love you

Hold it close

Hold me

Close

And

Please

Don’t

Let

Go