Sweet devotion

You say

Here is my heart

It is full of love

And it’s yours for the taking

I am ready to risk this chance

So why is it that I am like the gifted

Asking only for the horse to open its mouth

To check for rotting teeth?

Its sad to say that

Since days gone by

When hope vacated this heart

I have instead

Decided to settle for poor bargains

Rather than ever risk the pain of loving again

But now there are times

When the sheer constancy and power of your devotion

Acts upon my soul

Like a powerful potion

And as it does

I begin to feel my heart

Turning to liquid in my chest

Flooding my cells with a warmth and a wanting

I never knew the power of before

And as everything in me begins to melt

I sense that really

I still know so little about a love

That does not give to get

But only for the sheer joy of loving

And so I feel my own embers start to spark

Kindled by the force of a heart

With the will and courage to risk everything

Firm in the conviction of its own desire

Burning with a fire

That sets aflame

Laying its claim

Upon the object of its

Sweet devotion