The Nectar of Nourishment

I live by breath,

Through steady circulation.

I live through life,

By chance, cause and causation.

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Yet I do not live for living.

For does anyone live as so?

To look upon their rising chest

As reason enough to live and grow?

I yearn for warm velvet,

Rolling over my heart,

As I glimpse the person behind the wall

Of invincibility.

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I long for devotion.

Undying.

Unparalleled.

The moment in time when I vow,

To protect you.

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My heart wails for that time.

When my heart no longer falters.

When the thought of not sacrificing myself for you,

Is unthinkable.

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I hear it now,

And forever it shall remain.

The resolute and steely

Baby-ish whine

Of the ache in my soul,

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To nourish a small sapling,

In the pitter-pat

Of my rain.

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