+ reverie

your face is so unreal
when i see you
i have trouble believing
you exist anywhere else
except my mind

and you
you drive me insane
believing that i'm worth
anything

and i think
i think i love you for it

yet i cannot fathom
dealing with this intensity
of thought and emotion
-but-
embracing your standards
of paradox and irrationality
i realize
i cannot live without
the very intensity
you deliver
so faithfully.

+ c. davis

+ october 1998