when_you_return
pilot I will accept
that you have accepted the
embrace, the lips, the breath

of another.

If you had given me all the
water of heaven
and sea,

if you melted the snows of all mountains
and the ice of all glaciers,

nothing could quench
the intensity of this love.

I will accept the scorn
of one who seeks another,
one who waits until
the rope has reached
the end.

I will accept the hole
and the slow leak in my heart
as you escape.

And when it is
that all means have exhausted
that you return a prodigal

I will accept the shape you take
in my arms—knowing that only

when we are close
you love me.
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