you, woman

was it you, woman,
   or every woman that
      nature made me
for?

but disregarding the too
   tall, and the too young &
      the too round,
         too wealthy, too
   elite, too prissy, too
      proud...

maybe for you.

was it you, woman,
   or any woman that
      nature made me
for?

with the rising of
   my sex
      casting lightning &
shadows,
   is there no one meant to
      share the tidal
   yearnings of my

      body
         to touch
   whose
soul?

but your voice &
   the energy of your voice &
      the galloping horses of
         your mind &

   the resonating colors of

   your heart, sing to me
      gently,
   maybe it’s
you.

& our two hands painting as
   one hand, & our shoulders
      nudging together in the
         fray

   bare feet on every surface of
      the room

   souls in
      nirvana

both of us

   doing everything to build

   something to believe in,

   anything that will

last.