I still taste rapture
when you elevate
my rupture
--You save me
from desolation
by turning me
into isolation
You make me
let go of me
to forget me
to be the "me"
you want me
to be
You look at me
in a way you
want me
to go away
I look at you
in a way I
don't want you
to look away
But I can't keep
my keeper
I'm weak enough
to switch the lever
and invert the ladder
You keep me
without possessing me
I'm under your spell,
all kept inside your cell
without ringing the bell
to make you tell
You abstract me
from abstract spaces
without filling my
empty spaces
You secure me inside
your sailing suitcase
letting me drown
and leaving me beneath
the cavernous surface
I wish to die in your arms
even if you never open
your arms to me
I wish to imprison you
within my arms
before the waves
manumit me
You are not
the safest journey
but I feel safe everytime
you're with me
Better restrain me
from who I used to be
than set me free
to be free
to be me
Save me from somersaults
without saving the retrospects
of my erstwhile faults
Only you haunt me without
hunting me down
Only you burn me without
bringing me down
My finite firmament
has been overturned
since I first laid eyes on you
All strange handicaps
All disastrous thunderclaps
They're all nothing
but omens of love and loving
Submerge me in the
cloudburst of affection
even if you're just a
divine delusion
Make me believe
in make-believe
Never let me
minimalize you
I'm solemnly smitten
with the hallucination
of you
--for being you
the "you" I wish
to be you