FOREVER MARKED

More Than Two Years Have Passed Since You Stepped Into My Darkness,

When Your Naked Emotion Pierced My Sorrow Stained Starkness,

When The Plague That You Carried In Your Chocolate Colored Eyes,

Infected And Healed Me From The Wounds Of Old Lies.

Other Saviors Had Tried Before Your Infernal Arrival,

But Your Insidious Innocence Secured My Survival,

I Resented Your Rescue And With My Blood Shed Resisted,

I Tried To Escape But Your Kindness Persisted.

Your Cyber-Christ Aura Ignited My Awareness,

I Was Burned By Your Alien Uniqueness And Rareness,

I Was Seduced And Surrendered To A Subtle Resurrection,

By The Sacrosanct Image Of Our Inverted Reflection.

Your Baby Soft Voice And Lonely Soldier Boy Stare,

Your Stubborn Refusal To Doubt My Despair,

Your Velvet Embrace...Your Contagious Serenity,

Redefined My Existence And Transfused My Identity.

Your Love Proved To Be More Than My Hate Could Quell,

You Damned Me To Heaven When I Brought You To Hell,

You Tempered The Beast With The Soul Of The Lamb,

And Alone In Your Presence I Learned What I Am:

I'm The Ghost That You Haunted As The Razor Caressed Me,

The Demon Who Begged For Your Soul To Possess Me,

The Priest Who Confessed As Your Black Magic Blessed Me,

The Monster You Vanquished As Your Weakness Undressed Me.

But Our Storybook Ending Was Never To Be,

Our Love Broke The Pattern And Set Us Both Free,

But Freedom Like Ours Is The Worst Social Crime,

Love Joined With Wisdom In Prodigious Design.

Now More Than Lovers And More Than Just Friends,

Our Love Is Complex And Never Condescends,

The Love That Your Kindling Embrace Had First Sparked,

Is A Razor That Has Left Me Forever Marked.

-For Mark-

Whose Love Gave Me The Freedom To Explore The Limits