i love you more than breath, more than time and space, than will, than choice, than meaning, than resentment spite covet than peace, than hope. more than shape. more than spine, more than me. you are not chain but tether, all value is housed in your body, all reason in your spirit. i love you our hands grazed yesterday and i knew fulfillment i love you, of all knowing was caught in those seconds, all mystery in knuckles that don't shy but knock and shout i love you. hold me in patience teach me justice and whether or not you save some small part to be spent between us, a word, a stutter, a glance. i love you i receive you i bless you i thank you i love you. you hold my heart mind guts navel i don't know but that sensation suggests you at base at molten curving center and love, love restructures lifetimes. i love you.