We Love (Because)

We love because the 

world is ambivalent and loneliness a

bitter companion.

We love because sometimes
it seems as though there’s nothing else.
We consume, never satisfied...


We devour each other hungering 
for the soul of another to keep
company with our own.


‘Desire’ is such an understated
word. In truth we inhale each other
seeking the rapture that is passions promise,
longing to be one.


Love humbles us,
confuses us,
empowers
us. Love
creates destinies. We are
reborn in its wake.


We love because
from the second we are born
we begin our lope towards death.


Let me crawl inside of you and 
live out the rest of my days in


ecstasy.








©JERRY LEE KIRK