I Am Lewd

"I love the body of the night,

I love the heat of the dwindling light,

I love the happiness of being a man,

But the loneliness declares that

I am lewd!

I love you without asking,

I hold onto the pain, unoffered by you,

I write the poems that you don't read,

I yearn for you,

I die for you,

And again, I live to get immersed in your thoughts.

But tears declare that

I am lewd!"