complacent, dispassionate, dutiful
I keep trying to get down with you
even far away, you’re there when I decide
little things,
and when I cry,
lay it straight and calm and
more respectful than I’m capable of being
more humility than I have
passion for both of us,
calmness to qualm us,
strength to carry us further
in this world alone or
better with you.
November 2013