Ruthlessness is a trait

that sees point A to B with clarity

and the conviction and strength to make it just so.

years

 of patience, pain and care

of toil, compromises and sitting by the sidelines

 

It is the cold hard perseverance of loyalty

of unwavering faith, complete trust and all that fairy dust,

blindly following, deafly singing to a tune set to the same track,

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Like a parched beggar roaming the dessert

 Who has seen an oases from far, deftly making way

past course sand and harsh dry winds grating the skin, searching-

 

I would have travelled to the ends of the earth,

past the solace of conformity and being

scatter all the cards that I hold

 

For the tender touch of your lips,

The lingering feeling of your fingers between mine,

The steady beat of your heart-

and I would have put everything on the line,

bleed like a cattle on a table

pour myself, trusting you with the incision

Thud, thud, thudding against the ribcage,

the lullaby of the heart to calm the twisted soul

the balm to the scars marred by darkness untold

 

and I would have burned the world for you,

Strike a match, light it up, watch it as it burn burn burn,

down to ashes to the ground,

                                                                       and maybe I did-

                                                                                                        

holding on to all the burnt corpses on the ground.