Why do you love me?
By Whim
You looked at me once and you asked
Why do you love me?
I love you
Because you are there

I frowned
I punched you in the arm
I am not your Everest
I am not here for you to conquer

I rubbed my arm
I pretended to be hurt
How about this then
I love you because you are not me

Not fooled by your ruse
Not to be played with
I am not your escape from yourself
I am not a mirror

I’m cautious now
I’m curious now
Do I need a reason?
Does love need a reason?

I’m hurt now
I cry
Love is not reason, but
I need a reason

I hold you
I hush away your tears
I love you because I’m incomplete
I love you for who you make me become

I push you away
I slap your outstretched hand
I told you, I am not your mirror
I am a whole person, not a piece

I’m confused
I’m angry
I will not play your game
I will rise to your bait for flattery

I yell, I scream
I slap you across the face
You don’t get it
I need security, I need to know

I laugh
I get smacked again
I could show you through mighty deeds
Would that be enough?

I soften
I come closer
Actions are merely a how
I need to know why

I hug you again
I do not get smacked
I love you like I breathe; I’d die if I didn’t do either
I love you because you are you

We hugged
We kissed
We still don’t get it
We’ll fight again

We love each other because that’s what we do.

Out of the corner of my eye
We make contact
A moment
A pause
A brief flicker of the soul

I saw you
You saw me too

For a moment
Just a moment
I knew you
And possibly
You knew me too

Time moves forward
Your eyes move away
Later, you walk by
Nary a glance
Nothing to say

But that’s okay
We were seen
We were known
No need to say

No need to stay

Copyright 2009 T. Ares

I was dreaming

There was fire and screaming and panic
There was a crowd
We were alone
Against a terrible beast

It had a big wriggly body
It moved like it was being poured
Its skin shined but had no reflection
It melted into the ground where it touched

We tried to run
But the walls, they were everywhere
It was like no one really wanted to leave or even cared
The beast roared from a monstrous maw

Its eyes were fire
It reached for each of us with tiny tendrils
A poke here, a jab there
The tendrils always moved faster than our feet could carry us

The beast was hungry, you see
We screamed as it fed on us
We cried as we couldn’t run away
We knew fear looking at what was left

It ate our souls
It ran us down and devoured all that we were
The body remained, helpless and unthinking
The bodies remained, smiling, walling us in

Only a few of us were left now
We ran fast, but soon we had no way to flee
The beast surrounded us
It reached out for me…

I was dreaming
But
My eyes were open

My eyes are open

Copyright 2009 T. Ares