I want to ask
the kind of questions that probe
that dig deep into someone's psyche
that bore holes wide enough
for me to sneak in and nestle
between thoughts
and ideas and be cradled
by fibers of being
i'm tired of
what's your favorite
fill-in-the-blank
i wish you could always
tell me what you
mean
you know me so
breathe into me what you know i need the most:
meaning
some substance
some kind of solidarity
give it truth and give it weight
i want to ask the kind of question
you can answer with
the sheen of honesty over
your eyes
the tint of earnest
(maybe you still
hold back a little because that's
kind of sexy and mysterious)
i want to prompt you to
tell me everything
and i want it to sound like a confessional
i want the purity of "i'm here"
i want nothing to be sacred and
i want everything to be sacred
nothing and everything nothing and everything
nothing is everything and
what does that mean, anyway?
i guess that there's no difference between
lying in bed all day
or bungee jumping off of some bridge somewhere
except that i might regret one of them
one of these days
but it doesn't matter how i feel
it's the only thing that does matter
if only i could get those questions
to wrap around the contradictions i cling to
then maybe i could feel something
in your answers
