Dear One, you are so weary!
There are creases on your
otherwise firm eyebrows.
Come, gaze into my eyes
I might be the woman you want
to look at.
But dear One, wait! Before you
think
I am the woman with whom you want to be, and
before you want to drown
yourself
into the depth of my eyes,
Realize, I am no metaphor, nor
a muse,
neither a promise;
Look at my hands, a bit
soiled and
the tired lines below my eyes;
find the bruises and the
blisters on my feet,
my smile, inside which you want
to hide your trouble
is not a poem, not a sonnet
but a courage that tells the
world to bring on the grunge!
I might be the woman you want
to touch
dear One,
but understand, I am neither a
prize nor a grub,
not even an apology, not your
excuse;
recognize that you make love to
the
skin and bones that might have dirt on it.
You make love to hair,
nerves, veins, sweat and tears.
If I am who you wish to
love, dear One,
Let me be human just as you,
share my best and the worst
take every single line of my sunshine and my eclipse
Let me create a universe for
myself, for you, for all
Let me build the world as I
wish to.
Don’t forget that
I am born to create, to build.
And then,
if the walls crush down
or the sky grumbles, hold my hand
I promise I will never let go!