Books That Review Themselves #3

onion of love

i am an infinite onion
of love for you
peel back one layer
underneath, there’s more love
i don’t just love you
i love loving you
i don’t just love loving you
i love loving loving you
the universe is so big
when it’s cut in half
each half is as big as the original universe
if you cut my love in half
and share it between two of you
there won’t be just as much love for each of you
there’ll be more
because in the time it takes to cut my love in two
i’ll already have tripled the love i feel for you
but you’ll never hear me say
my favourite letter is w

….

i’m not obsessed
i just think about you all the time
your love is divine
my arms will never lie
i’d rather die
when you’re with me
i get high
not just from the joints we smoke together

….

i wake from that dream,
stare at the ceiling for an hour
not believing the power of your smile
to make every moment worthwhile
to make me feel the greatest thing i can do
is bring an ounce of happiness to you
i don’t know where we’ll stand
once this path moves us through
i am an infinite onion
of love for you

… Quoted from

Love in a Handful of Dust by Kirk Ramdath, Frontenac House, 2011