My feelings burn
From the inside out ~
Searing themselves
Into the page ~
My heart is beating
Like a wild thing
In my breast ~
And I don’t know if ~
I want it all to stop
Or to go on ~
If this torment is love ~
Then why is it so
Fervently desired ~
Why would one choose
To yearn and ache and
Skate the very edge
Of madness ~ for the
Sake of the Beloved ~
And I am caught as
Surely ~ as any sailor
By a Siren’s song ~
I can’t ~ I won’t ~
Give up this wild
Intoxication ~
This sweet
Exhilaration ~
I am undone ~
What shall
Become of me ~
And do I even care ~
I burn with love ~
Just as the poets said ~
And what is more
I lit the torch myself ~
My eyes are
Open wide ~
I know the score ~
And I will risk it all
For love ~