Polar Bear

i bear shackles of two lovers - one on each wrist

and licked one's lips like a shuttle

the other I betray with a subtle kiss

a sweet water tumbles over my teeth

along side a bitter wine i happily drink

but its poison deludes what purity

i take myths to dinner and flake on truth with lies

i fill balloons with rocks

i author a history of peace with a war-pen

pedal to the medal with my eyes on the prize in the rear view mirror

i speak kindly in disguise 

i walk on stilts so to see the tallness i may reach

and the wax in my ears and eyes 

wanes my will to see your teeth 

or hear your cry

nor taste your tears or thorn in our side

nor touch the hands holding scars

nor smell this burning flesh of ours

down the middle i tear apart

forgotten

up the center - a torn curtain that started it all

i conquered the wall - but saddled its midst

i hopped the fence - but sat on it to insist

my existence-ness better off to enlist in both armies

and resist falling hardly in love and out of love

and parted from my brokenhearted King

insteading to mend the sharp thread between our stains of red and white

might i let freedom set me free indeed tonight

so as to become an entirety of light

called to fight the good fight

and bring sight to the blind

and light to the darkness

and peace to the mind

hug anger with kindness

and cure deafness with a sound

and as The End walks into town

already have my King be crowned

as a master over my life

as a slave - as a bride

why

this and that

no. Him

here and there

no. Him

white and black

no. Him

flake and flare

NO HIM!

magnetize one way 

bear one pole bare to the soul

only as The Way of old

cross over - wade the Jordan

though the valley and river be walked in dark and foggy

and overrun with towers of men of war

FEAR HAS RUN AWAY

and the land is lush and sunny

and Joshua is swimming in milk

and Caleb is dripping with honey

cross the water

and dont go back

DONT EVEN LOOK BACK

you're home

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be one or the other

and bear the love you love

as the only love you love
and be the utmost of lover