and nursed you with the love
that men have ravished there before
if i held you closer to me still
and kept you from the frigid cold
that men have locked me in before
if i held you even gentler
and kept you safe within my heart
if i held you ever sweetly
and shared with you my thoughts
that men have plundered many times before
could it be that you
would only follow suit
and
i
would be
no more
~
