This Love

It seethes inside me, this desire.

Hot, it roils and churns,

This need!

Emotion, so dark and terrifying,

Writhing for release, aching for freedom,

Threatening to undo my life.

But I trap it, I hold it back,

Scared and afraid of what havoc it may wreak upon the world.

Scared and afraid of what havoc it may wreak upon me!

And so I hold it in,

I keep it hidden, trapped beside my heart,

Ever in its cage, its safe,

Yearning, needing, always determined to escape my grasp.

Always striving to blossom, to grow,

To encompass and ruin me forever,

This need, this desire, this emotion,

This Love!