Too Close Too Sweet Poem by RIC BASTASA

i know what too sweet means
it destroys my teeth
and i think what too close also means
it gives teeth to contempt

the familiarity that kills
without notice without knowing

so not to close please not too sweet
let there be distance let there be bitterness at times

between us inside us
so we may survive this promise of togetherness
too close your hands choke me
too sweet you may bite me

let their be suspicion too
let psyche bring the lamp
to cupid's sleepy eyes

now we have a story to tell
this love this tragedy so our children may learn
what true love really is

bittersweet bitter and sweet
something tragic something blissful that we must ferret