You, dear one, consume my thoughts
so frequent and completely,
that clumsy words engorge my mind,
and so compelled, I speak to you.

My voice, emboldened, is in your ears,
and the spirit begins to move.
Space contracts and lights converge- stop!
Our gazes meet.

Your eyes in mine and mine in yours,
we become a contradiction;
two separate souls, a single being
inside itself.

To you, my other self,
I give my share completely.
And so my naked, trembling heart
is in your awful hands.