Passion is a fun friend of mine

     We can stay up late

     & touch each other 

     until we can't think or speak.

     We can escape into ideas,

     forget everything to remember each other.

     But I could never call you at 2 am 

     when my thoughts are strangled around 
     the strange concept of self esteem,

     energy fueled by trusting myself.

     I could never ask you to hold my hand when I'm nervous, 

     to calm me not with an orgasm,

     but with a voice that undresses my worries

     & allows me to see them for what they really are.

     I could never ask you

     to hold everything I carry,

     the aftermath. 

     I could fuck you until I'm hungry 

     but I could never ask you to stay for breakfast. 

       .Laura Curren.