i adore you
as a girl should.
i adore your curious face
soft as dewberries
and strong as your own thorns.
If i choose to walk naked
through the fields
the barbs and blades
will only make me more persistent
entirely curious
of you.
i adore
that you can be so close
without touching my skin
that you can be so distant
and still your smile hangs
like a pendant around my soul.