MAKE ME YOUR WAR

BY: VALENTINA LLANO

We make Eros and all the proclaimed gods of love jealous by our existence.

Our love could tear the world whole In its absence we will rebuild Soft rose bushes

Blossom trees

Flowing streams of crystal water Water and tree that I could turn red With blood and fire if you willed me

If you asked it of me

I would tear the very earth beneath With hands bare and bloody No need for knives or guns For I shall be your weapon Command me and I shall follow I am yours for war and love Use me

Use me raw

Till I rust in corners and are decorated by the dust of our love

With caution, though, my love Mishandle me and the shotgun will Point towards you Mistreat me

And there’ll be no valley where you can hide, No island to scurry to, No abandoned place

In the same way I would tear the world in half for you, I will do the same for my first love, Myself