Love
You scare me
So much
That I went back and erased the word
Before I could write it again
And own it
Love is instant
You might not know it
But it’s attachment
It’s a rope that feels as though it
Literally ties a lever to the tear ducts
A rope
Yes that’s love
A rope fashioned
Into a leash
And I feel that it is also
Extended to a dog, a bull dog
Who pulls at every thing that walks by
And it is so hard to hold onto
I’m near exhaustion
Just holding on
Just rounding the bend
And finally I resign myself
To not having the strength
And I let go
Another lost dog
Another lost love.

bind me with a hundred lashes
imprisoned in love's embrace
held with no visible ligature
tied with thoughts of you

letting go leads nowhere
emptiness no respite
alone in quiet solitude
free but not from escape