the taken

perhaps

gone is better

retreating

before it becomes

too much

the body is not built

for torture

  soft susceptibility

  porous, passable

and its not easy

changing love from

a noun to a verb

but

there’s a pretty little lake

off the side of the road

somewhere in Georgia

and i would like to be gone

there

and i would like to take 

someone with me

we would read poetry

together

and maybe i would learn

how to put love into

action again

and maybe she would

teach me how to

open back up for

the taking

(My photo)