Built For Love Poem by Daniel June

My body is built for love
Hands tongue thighs
For love only love
You who are closest
Never fall close enough
I would press my heart into yours

So I will talk philosophy
Chop and tie ruthless definitions
And dose my heart into drops
I will give you always
An ounce more than you give me
I am deluge
I could drown you

The love that knits flesh to my bone
Skin unto skin, nerve unto nerve
The yearning damming urge of love
Like atom bound to atom
- -No! I withhold that from you.

I will shine a little, like the sun upon the moon
My shining I
Will gather for brain clouds and thunderbursts
To filter the full
Lightning tips to carve out books
Forbidden to your eyes
I’m honored to die unread.
You see grammar and form
But do not see
Amidst the threads
The love I’ve mingled insatiate

Tongue and thirst of Love
Lick of tooth
Bite of Lip
I say you
Without echo.