How do you do it?

I want to offer you up to the divine, to the sun and the moon and stars. I want to put you into a small box and hide you away from the world at the same time. I want to keep you to myself and consume you greedily until there is nothing left but you and I. Until two bodies, two minds, two souls have melted into one, and there is no doubt, no fear left because there is no space for it.

I could adore you for a decade, for a century. I think I could rediscover you each day of your life and never know every inch of who you are. Every corner is something new, every word is beautiful to hear and wonderful to hold to my heart. I'm just prowling near you, biding my time while I trace the curve of your mouth, or watch the expressions that cross your face when you think no one is looking. I could have died in your arms then, because then I might have died with only peace and contentment in my heart.

You give me room to be benevolent, to be the person I'd love to see more often. Yet I can still feel the darkness creeping, that predatory hunger is still there. It's not as frightening with you though. You don't tame the beast, you don't truly soothe it... you acknowledge and nuture it, let it live, but keep it from being overwhelming.

How do you do it? Make me feel like I do each and every day I'm with you.