Forgiveness

 we can disagree without disrespect 

and we can forgive and be forgiven

please forgive me and complain about me

and hate me

yet want me anyways

let me try to compliment your imperfections 

because you have scriptures hidden in your tongue

and you plant these hymns in me

the poetry i write

are indirect messages

to try to get you

to hear me

and i want you 

encaptured in my soul

until it is lying in the ground decaying

spilling out every word i've whispered 

containing my love for you

now planted in the earth

and we will not die

as long as you forgive me

every night

and i wake up

reminding myself

of the secret love that will always be hiding in your eyes

written just for me.