Foolish emotions.

love so it destroys you
so you can feel
the sting of fingernails
as they clasp
on your heart
leaving behind treads
changing the landscape
of your emotions
like a plough
through a dead field
awaiting some hope
to burst forth
from the earth

love so it consumes you
so there's nothing
left to be taken
apart from cinders
and smoke
just the evidence
of a fatal struggle
between mind and soul
between head and heart
laid to rest
at a scorching touch
as your waves of lust
consummate
the fiery tango

love so it completes you
so a million pieces
could never break you
testing your walls
battering the door
even as the armies
venture forth
like soldier ants
chipping at your defenses
brick by brick
vein by vein
unearthing who you are
from the ashes

and rubble
of who you claim to be