Dear Love of my Darling Eye,

I felt once that i was falling into the deepest hole of burning magma, burning my flesh off my naked body, as a spot welded does to a piece of sheet iron. but then you came around, and doused me with water, and i became wet .. with love for you.

who else would travel into the depths of the volcano that i call my heart? who else dares to be incinerated by my salty salty words, that only a sea creature can endure. it is you, it is you.

we play chinese checkers, and i love you more; you make wax candle sticks for your buddies at work, and i love you more; you rip your toenails when we sleep together in your parents basement, and i love you more.

i once saw you cleaning off your driveway with a hose, and i wanted to be that driveway. i wanted you to shower me with your H2O molecules.

do you remember we went to the Amish village in tawallaha? and how you churned that butter? when you volunteered your help to raise the barn, and they held a ho-down for you? then i loved you even more.

and it is time to express my love to you _____, and to let you know that despite my disabilities, i will do everything in my power to do you right.

love, will all that is left of my heart to give without causing a fatal problem,

_____

[submitted 06/11/03]