love (a poem)

a truly strange concept
one i can never claim to understand
it sweeps away at one’s soul
leaving it naked and unprotected

then it comes with the void
filling and renewing mysteriously
the depth of it’s intimacy can be painful
for it’s touch is uncomfortable

without it one is strong
vulnerable and exposed to nothing
but for two people to share a real truth
is just a risk i am willing to take

this was written > 27 years ago