by: Jamez Terry Love me, love me, Don’t love me the way I’ll love you like my hometown – Love me like the cloud Love me, love me, Love me like a song that you forgot you’d always loved, So love me now Jamez Terry is a queer and trans poet, novelist, zinester, parent, chaplain, and rabblerouser. He recently won first place in the Alaska Writers Guild annual poetry contest. His debut novel, See You in the Mail, is forthcoming from Generous Press.
Drifter’s Love Song
but only just so much
and know that you won’t grieve
when I leave you in the morning
I love the wind in my hair,
the fork in the road,
the whistle of a train,
the smell of a place I’ve never been
inside me deep
yet easy to desert,
a memory of happy
with no need to return
with the dragon’s shape,
breathing fire just for you –
I’ll be king of the world for a moment
then disperse into formless sky
need me just for tonight –
tomorrow I’ll need pavement
singing under my wheels,
spinning away the miles,
the days, the years
of a solitary life in motion
a song that makes you shout and dance
but still only lasts 3 minutes –
to love me any more would be a danger
and you’re too smart for that
then forget my love-in-passing
as I’m careening towards the next boy
who will love me,
but only just so muchAbout the Author
