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I want you
I need you
I desire a wildfire night or two

I hate you
I want to erase you
I can't stand how you make me blue

I want you
Come closer to
me and I'll show you how good
things can be with us two

I need to
let go of you,
I doubt you'd want to test the truth

The truth is,
whether it's for one night,
a few months or a long-run trip,
I want to ride, slide, do it right,
holding, touching, rubbing light,
kissing, gripping, squeezing tight...

...and I want you to hit it,
lick it, go all night...

...you think you can give it a try?

Even though I'd like to
beat you, slap you, make you cry,
so maybe you'd feel a little
instead of the numbness that comes
from having (even in part)
a spirit or heart cold as ice.

So you've been hurt,
well so have I.

Let's forget about that
and lose ourselves
in something to pass the time.

Until the day we're healed or
have to say goodbye,
let's be selfish for these brief moments...

...we can keep it quiet and make this
something just between you and I.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Started out w/ title "Vascillating" and had the idea of going back and forth between two voices in extremes, but came out this way. Still working on it. Not sure what to do with it.

Anyway, partially inspired by some recent conversations about the benefits/detriments of long-term versus short-term relations, hooking up, open versus monogamous relations, fwb, ons, etc. etc. Point of it was the winning out of base-level instincts versus spiritual-level thought processes.

This goes well with it:
http://youtu.be/QLVF7F4dTOk

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©9 January 2012 - 11:45pm — g3nevi3ve
11 January 2012 - 4:45pm — osiriss-
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this is

a great piece of art, i feel the intensity in your words

18 January 2012 - 7:22am — g3nevi3ve
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thanks!

I appreciate your commentary, Paladinus. :) Your artwork is pretty good too. Also, apologies for erasing my song that you commented on previously - rewriting and redoing the track. I'll put the appropriate stuff up when I've got it done.