savage nature

love is somehow our connection

with our savage nature. we're mammals,

after all. we need closeness,

the delicate presence of another body

since when we were so little that

the world was a motherly lap.

we need to breathe close;

our way to know that everything

is okay outside our bodies.

we're this continuation of someone

since our very first moment in this world.

we seek love,

not because love is missing,

but because we are love

from the heart to the soul —

and equals recognise equals.