licking flames with cold tongues........

a certain fear
brings a certain price

a certain love
brings a certain prize

for when these curtains
tear from the bottom up

burning

we can only assume
we become cousins
of our own intuition.

can someone love
something so much
in earnest
that it defines
their very perception
of other people?

individuals who subscribe
to ideologies that makes theirs
seem less mere at the end of the
day.

we are only as trivial
as our materialism
aspires to be

for what we are truly afraid
of can never leads us
astray
if we master
our self-interest into
servanthood.

so kiss me hard on the mouth
and clasp your hand under
my right thigh to make it complete

the promise that
we will never fear the
abyss together....