you know i love you

god only knows
chance it as it goes
slaughtering obsessions
of other peoples opinions
across the surface
of a body of emotions
vulnerable open
figurative clothes off
this is not the time
to run to my hiding places

you know I love you
talking to everyone else but you
I'm stuffing emptiness into space
scars against white lace
dancing towards a truth
on you I won't intrude
I'm fine on my own
the potpourris on the stove
I knew I loved you
on that first drive home

I'm drawn to your power, babe
like moth to flame
feathers are soft as my hair
brushing against your face
on your bed exposed, i laid
your body touching mine
while heavy hung your mind
upside-down in its cave
all the words you save
waiting for you to be brave