LOVE WITHOUT FEAR

She spoke like a broken record

He spilled silk rapture

She stuttered past the syllables

He held promises like daisies

She hadn’t wanted a man to think about her

He thought about her with every breath

She thought she was ugly

He thought she was beautiful

She clung to his hands

Like she clung to her cross

She slipped the truth between rose water sheets

He brought her miracles

He taught her to love

But she still didn’t know

How to love without fear