If you must fight for me
Don’t fight in times of fear
Don’t lower yourself or
bend in places not meant to bend
Don't grovel from your knees spilling
idealisms onto barren earth whispering
about an abstract harvest of what could be
but
never
was
Spare me the reminders of happy happenings
Don’t attempt to tease up a
loving version of me that
you’ve chased off long ago
Those weapons of adolescent wars
have rusted been knocked dull and now
thud against this calloused skin
If you must fight for me
fight for me in times of peace
and silence
and stillness
and comfort
Fight for me while my heart happily
purrs in the warmth and safety of your lap
If you must fight for me
Be savage with kisses that
snatch away my low moments
Pierce my flesh with stares of admiration
Scrape me down with a flirty compliment
Claw a path through the guts of space to
draw yourself into me as if it's
the only place you ever belonged
Inhale my exhales
Exhale for my inhales
Hang on
Allow a lingering embrace its time to
entangle and constrict
any divisive concern that
roams our connection's corridors
If you must
fight for me
be ruthless and ugly to commit to our beauty
Hunt with a jagged loving disposition that is
bloodthirsty
for a quiet conversation
on some park bench
of a perfect early evening
where the sun begins
her
rest
Be here with me
On your feet
With a straight proud spine
Hold my hands
Lock into my eyes
Fall passionately in sync with me
Reveal yourself as an oasis of joy
A safe place
The reason to rush home
My twin spirit
If you must fight for me
Fight for me
But
Fight then
Not now
Fight then
For now
Fight