The Classic Codependent
i.
make me
undo what’s been done
birth me anew
from your loin i can become
something
anything else but what i see before me
ii.
crawling to you
and yet i have nothing to bring
except this tired frown
the bags beneath my eyes
the baggage i’m carrying
iii.
don’t make me
do what’s bound to be done
don’t make me go
don’t make me show you
all of me
don’t make me
give you
all i could be
don’t make me
want to be
someone else
iv.
simply put
you surface like the sunrise
a love, kilimanjaro
dormant, asleep but dreaming
and dreaming of nothing less
than the mariana trench
a love, so deep
it’s become unreal
v.
i realize there’s nothing more than this
brief moment
you escape me
and i fear everything including fear itself
i realize there’s nothing more than this
raw rapture
you elude me
and i fear nothing is worse
vi.
you could go on
for days and decades
you could go on
and i would listen
i would submit
i would divulge
i would become
vii.
if you weren’t to respond
i completely understand
afterall, i hardly find
myself engaging