Love Poem: Splat
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Written by: Steven Young

Splat

splat
all over you
sweet tender 
love
turned to stone
pretty angel
you wanted 
my ugly truth
my hard history--
--the long bent road
to 
what I 
pine
yearn
ache
waste away 
for
hope it doesn't 
crush you
there's a 
prince in the beast
and a beast in 
the prince
who still believes
fairy tales come true
that a good girl
could be his
even after
especially after 
you
take him to dizzying
death defying 
rapturous 
heights from which 
he hurtles
free falling 
down, down, down
diving deep
into your
soft
burning heart
then 
smack 
smitten 
splattered
like wily coyote?
pursuing my roadrunner
over a cliff 
I leap
with my trusty dusty 
rocket pack
does it fire?
--or do I pancake
pick myself up
off the ground
a little damaged
probably
but pretty much
indestructible
I bounce back
into shape
again
and give chase
to a beauty
or maybe
just maybe
"this" ignites 
and I
catch you