You Let Me Know

By Travis Wolfkill (2014)

You let me know
That I can be me uncompromised
A kindred star
It's an honor to have met you
In this lifetime

It's a wonder I'm not crazy
All the pain I've handled
Although beware
I don't claim to be undamaged

You let me know
That the best pieces of me
Are still unrevealed
You inspire the buried gems
I break the laws of poetry
Trying to define your effect

The saga of life continues
Without you a dream
Without you a hell
I write from my cell
And your photograph winks at me

You let me know
Delicious words heal
I taste you sometimes
Digest you always
You fuck my heartbeat
And subdue my heart strings

You let me know
I do what other men cannot
Because I want to own you
In body. In spirit. In thought