The Truth of All Desire
By Peter Scott
Cool
Cold
Clear
And crisp
The icy chills of realization hit
You hear the music
I feel your scent
We dance a subtle game
To quiet music
Neither understand
Virgin lips
I promised to touch
You watched
Once before
As I strayed from the quest
Written in the book of love
Your signature rests still
Ever present
Corrupting all chance
For I love you
Passions settled
Mind rational
The choice seems clear
Amongst field noise
And forced detachment
I should have taken the chance
Asked you then
Smiled in our devotion
Instead we wait some more
Bleeding silently for each other
Wrongly do I act in haste
Planting seeds
At a time
I could have received splendorous reality
Correcting an injustice of long ago
Using three drugs did it take to prove
Absolute certainty you were the one
Although now I sit silently
Bedazzled why
This mystery did not come undone
Long before
Your parents cared
You kept all your dreams in me
Now I ask
Truth in my voice
Will you marry me?
Say yes
For we are strong
And this game will end for me
You will be happy
And I will be complete
Totally yours
And free
Free as the birds
In a land all yours
Where I love you passionately
Able to give
Without lust to receive
As you are perfect in every way
In these comments
I do not jest
For long ago you spoke to me
In no light
Do we not match
My reverence is eternal
For I grew wise with you
And would like to die with you
My love.
