You Are The Right Ventricle Of My Heart Poem by Mark Heathcote

I hear marriage comes with a license
but it doesn't come with my neglectful obedience
love's a real venture, but it isn't a franchise
and I won't be moored to be scuppered or capsized
my soul isn't something you can taint, chain and ignite
I give my heart, not as a clause or a right
my body isn't a birthright or a bill of sale
you can flail with a cat on nine tales.
I love you. I love you-

I love you. I love you-
because you have substance, you're not a mirage
I love you because you care for me as I do you.
I love you because you are, we are a montage
of each other, you are my better half, my heart, my soul
I love you because you care for me as I do you.
You are the right ventricle of my heart
without you, all atoms would-be-smashed to quarks
and I would be left alone in the dark without you.