If I cannot take you with me,
then I don’t want it.
If life is a thing of subtler things,
I despise it.
If the greatest
is that which cannot be lost,
and the old man says, “Invest
in what lasts!” — I say: horseshit.
There is nothing greater than you,
my love.
And if I shore up treasure
on my way to where treasure
weighs me down,
then heap me up, baby!
For all the subtle things —
the things that really pull the strings,
the noumena behind the scenes —
it’s you
that bind me up, that tie me down,
and keep me safe with kisses
here and now,
when I have grosser dreams.
So I say: God bless you,
and life can keep its subtleties.
Beloved,
I’ll take you with me.
(2025)
