R.M. Dolin, June 1, 2024
Seduction seamlessly spans
the disparate chasm
separating where you are
from how my heart is trending.
It's not that I can't love you,
I choose not to
for reasons far eclipsing
responsible rational.
Inside every introvert lives a secret soul
seeking their lover's tender touch,
behind every nervous smile
a tortured darkness barely
constrained. Just as fire
consumes oxygen for life,
and wine needs to breathe,
those compelled to wander
are bound by infinite recursion.
Let me love you unafraid,
risk profound feelings
and challenge deeply rooted insecurities
keeping you distant,
abandoning you to the dissected dangers
of unanchored control.
Who knows, we'll see,
once you embrace the nonlinear
burden of being free
your heart can openly converse
with me.
Background poem for the yet to be started novel, “An Unsustainable Life.” Issac explains the appeal of being a bartender to his newest conquest.
