let me in...let me in
i cannot not ask for long
for i am fragile for feeling
a lone tree 
after the fire
bent by wind
& bruised by rain

i am fragile for touching
skin on skin
where to stop 
where to begin

i am fragile for desire
...in this wanting
comes too much of you
here to know
too much of me

i owned a 
hardened heart
tempered by alone
frozen by neglect

now
 i am braided
thru and thru 
with the passion of you
locked and rocked 
way past my sanity mark

time to pull in my net
and wash up on my 
own shore

©ria