If you’re going to love me,
love me like I might break.
Love me like I am a bird
and you are a highrise window,
like I am an amateur electrician
and you are a frayed live wire,
like I am a moving van
pretending to be a sports car
and you are winding road
above a mountain gorge.
Love me like I am frat boy
jumping off balconies
and you are a hotel pool
too shallow to jump into.
This poem was originally published under the pen name Gabriel Gadfly.
