I want to know everything
About the way that you feel
After you’ve swallowed sunlight
After you’ve heard
And believed your own thoughts
I want to know all about
What you read from my lips
When they poured my truth
Like those roses you love
Like the ones tattooed on your arms
Forever
Is only as permanent
Is only so long as
How long it takes
To empty your tar-stained lungs
When you tell me
Everything.