On desire (I)

I am not everything to everybody    
only few things to a few  
to spouses, children, parents, lovers,    
friends, and strangers, this is true    
   
I gave one love fruit she desired  
to lick and suck on and consume    
tangy juices drip from tender lips    
in dreams my loves are not my doom    
   
I gave another love my vow    
to be with her, and her forever    
and this I will, and have no doubt    
for I will not, will not forsake her    
   
But if of her the other likes    
and the other likes her back    
and both of them are liking me    
why cannot three then three attract?    
   
I understand that loving many    
others may see as being torn    
this is no ragged choice for me    
I've oft loved many since I were born    
   
to desire many lovers    
surely this is ordinary    
surely many, many people    
aren't such prudes, so solitary    
   
maybe if I hardened my heart    
towards my one love or another    
then maybe all would be alright?  
Polyamory can be a bother    
   
but no, to do so would be to act    
inconsistent, against my nature    
so I will love, and loves, love on!    
Never will I say I hate you.