P.C. Love

“I want and need you now.”
“But wait,” she said.
“If want’s on top, should need lie still below?”
“You’ve stifled want. Desire by ethic led,
I’ll tell you straight, the plinth for love to grow.
The core of self is need that wakens wants.
The pleasure principle, you know, is strong,
but, far from need, this want is mere response.
It always seems to feel right, but it’s wrong.
The need, the heart of love, is reached through touch,
the warming, healing rub of textured feel,
and through your speech, ‘I love you very much.’
The trials of talk and touch are love’s ordeal.
To reach the core, take risk, disclose, and trust.
You fear to fail? You’ll never fail to fear the more.”

© 1996 John F. Deethardt II

Alice

Deep inside our understated pact,
the fine print veils the frequent tender terms
in telling moves that only we can read.
Yet I regret my trust in silent acts.


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