Muscle Poems

His being so soft,

A man who overcame.

 

Bearing wounds?

Then come home to me

I invite you for love

And for rest.

 

I cannot avoid

Your lips and your jaw

Your sunken chest.

Your head cocked to one side

Your listening ears

And elegant limbs

 

You do not know

And I did not know

My capacity for awe.

 

Your stance unassuming.

If you’re still tired

I still invite you for rest

I’m unassuming, until your tenderness melts.

 

Your grace and your kindness.

I wish to feel differently accepted.

To always be felt by you,

God’s attention

Directed at me

As a blessing

In my life

 

That receiveth me in your love

With the ending of doubt.

If you love me,

I know I will not live without.