NATURE'S LIE

Often, our love is like a battleground
and when the warring reaches it's peak
and we are mutually wounded, it's like a deep sleep
and when we awaken it burns like fire;
but the flames never quite reach the heart
so although it beats faster there is no
Soul-connection. It's like a light bulb
powered by insufficient current: a dim half-glow...

And yet, my Love, we need each other
in lieu of something more profound.
It's Nature's perpetual lie.
And the lie is being on auto-pilot:
flying high on hormones,
telling ourselves we're OK,
while denying the existence of a gaping hollow
that even pregnancy cannot fill.