Just... say yes

How you flirt with her!
I'm sure you never pursued me so fervently
speaking in your secret syntax
making complicated, sidelong arrangements
HERE in our life, here between us

I could tell you she is a selfish lover
infiltrating, stimulating, every fibre of your being
then dissolving you, atom by atom
Her absence causes you pain, I can see that
But you are not special, she collects people like you
sprinkling them with her caustic magic
laughing when they curl up and die

And you come to me, with the essence of her
in your racing heart, your burning mind, your glittering eyes
I will not share
will not taste her sweet sharpness in your kiss
will not feel her in the knife edge of your touch

We could go down west, where everything is pure
where the dirt is clean and the water is blue
we could grow fruit and raise rabbits
you once said you wanted to be free
it's one word away