What am I to you? <br />A chance to flee from the tangled web you weave <br />A bitter-sweet note from a violin of discord <br />The solitary butterfly on the branch of your willow tree <br /> <br />Tell me, my love, how do you see me? <br />Am I the heaven that opens up, making it safe for you to fly? <br />When you’re thirsting for devotion <br />May I be the water in your private dessert sky? <br /> <br />Will you love me as I am? <br />Rebellious adversary, challenging everything that you are <br />Faulty, imperfect, made of flesh and bone <br />Yet loving every inch of you and adoring you from afar? <br /> <br />Will you love me as I love you? <br />I can love you on my own <br />It needn’t be a two-way street <br />Our history, to us, is already known <br /> <br />Will you accept me as I am? <br />Consenting to my flaws <br />Allowing for my weaknesses <br />Creating my own laws? <br /> <br />Why did you find me once again? <br />We met so long ago <br />Was one lifetime not enough? <br />I can’t just let you go <br /> <br />No longer a caged butterfly <br />The oyster no longer holds the pearl <br />You’ve set me free, my love <br />I’m a voluntary prisoner of your world <br /> <br /> <br />Feb.13,2006<br /><br />Karen Alc.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-sea-of-questions/
