I am tired of men who say
'My God, I love a strong woman'.

I cannot love anyone
Who loves my war wounds
More than me.

They will let anyone
Say anything, do anything
And watch in glee as you grit your teeth

And when finally you snarl and roar
Like a baited bear

They will say

Look
Look how fierce she is
'My God, I love a strong woman'.

Pearls Before Swine

I know you think badly of me
For my ravishing, voluptuous, lascivious nights

I know it is not love, but
I think the fence is beautiful
I think vicious, vapid lust is beautiful

I admire its purity
I admire its integrity
I admire all that is bold and brazen in this world.

And when I float down the stairs
With kisses on my thighs
And knots in my hair

I feel beautiful

Believe me, my friend, I know what it is to be used
I know what it is to be betrayed and abused

Not by them
By you.

My lovers have loved me well
Only if for a night

But my friends
My honest, honourable, patient friends
The ones I would cross oceans for
Do not even walk over puddles for me

If my body be sacred, like
The cathedral on 8th Street
A thousand men may enter me
And I will still have my sanctity

But there are other things that break much more easily

Do not give what is holy to the dogs
Nor cast your pearls before swine
Lest they trample them under their feet
And turn and tear you in pieces.

Cloud High

Will you live your life as a tree for me?

Never changing
Ever changing

What God has put on this earth
Let only an act of God
Or child of God

Tear asunder

And I

I will live my life as the hummingbird

Whimsical, beautiful, ethereal

A heartbeat away from death
A bullet away from the grave

But, my love
Aren't we all the same?

My love,
I do not leave you on the ground

Birds and trees alike
Soar

Cloud high

I do not have your strength
To bear the burden of

Snow fall
Snow melt

God never made me for the earth
He made me for the trees and the sky

He made me to fly

Up to His kingdom

Cloud high