"come Slowly, Eden” by Emily Dickinson

 

“Come Slowly, Eden” by Emily Dickinson

Come slowly, Eden

Lips unused to thee.

Bashful, sip thy jasmines,

As the fainting bee,

Reaching late his flower,

Round her chamber hums,

Counts his nectars—alights,

And is lost in balms

Ooey gooey! Romantic love is stupid

Celebrate reason, not crushes! Nobody sane that is an adult believes in love! We have come to see attraction and crushes as stupid, random, and pointless! True love is unscientific! Attractions are totally random! They only exist because society says that they should! And the type of person that you are attracted to is also totally random and unscientific! This Valentine's day, celebrate reason!

What if it turns out that I love 💘 you?

What if it turns out that I love you? What if it turns out that I want to kiss you? What would that mean? Whatever can that mean? You are there, in the midst of your innocence! You are there in the midst of who you are! You are alone! You need no other! How can I have you? How can I kiss you? That would be an outrage! That would go so much against who you are! You are alone! You don't need me! I dare not kiss you ever! Farewell, but what if it turns out that I love you? Think about that!

Poem for My Love BY JUNE JORDAN

How do we come to be here next to each other   

in the night

Where are the stars that show us to our love   

inevitable

Outside the leaves flame usual in darkness   

and the rain

falls cool and blessed on the holy flesh   

the black men waiting on the corner for   

a womanly mirage

I am amazed by peace

It is this possibility of you

asleep

and breathing in the quiet air