Objectified

First glance

No mistake

Of attaction

Only physical

Lingering desire

To mate

I call it

Simply science

Nothing special

Nothing I need

to act upon

 

But in a woman’s web

Lie many layers of affection–

You not in the middle

Lie somewhere in between

Someone I care for

Someone i do not love

But could have

 

I admit

Our moment for more

Seems lost

 

Still upon you

I look

With affection

Tender care

Than I cannot denounce

With lust

 

Do not take me

To that place

Or compartmentilize me

With all the others

I cannot bear

The thought

 

Though I know

The ways

Of your world

I cannot face it

With honest eyes

Cannot inflict

Upon my brain

The image of you

With another woman

Without the unjustified

Pang

Of Jealousy

 

Do not take me

To that place

Because I still believe

In love letters

I still believe

In poetry and song

Even if

It is not ours

To share

 

I still believe in

Possibilities

Things that don’t

Make sense

But happen

Beautifully

Effortlessly

 

And yet

With all my talk

Of erotic notions

I fear

I took you

To that place.