Submitting (a sestina)

You overcame the walls around my heart,
And dragged me kicking, screaming into love.
You pushed other ideas out of my head,
Convinced me that romance is more than pain,
Revealed the misconceptions that were mine,
Then helped me trade my father’s name for yours.

From surface to soul, all I am is yours,
You’ll find I know this deep within my heart.
Our very first kiss made all of you mine.
And ours became a deep, abiding love.
So I left behind all memories of pain,
With thoughts of ever, after in my head.

Now brand new thoughts are buzzing ‘round my head,
That cause my blood to pump in time with yours:
My fantasies, clear as a window pane,
Have brought you even closer to my heart.
A time in life when couples lose their love,
Has made you more completely, truly mine.

You now know deep desires that are mine;
They’ve sparked a fire, ideas within your head.
Things most would never do unto their love,
Are precisely, nicely needed by yours.
Will bring me even closer to your heart,
And show my soul shelter from its pain.

Surrounded, hounded, by erotic pain
Made by a dominant who’s really mine.
No sound here but the beating of my heart.
All thoughts, all questions, driven from my head;
Your hands, your mouth, your cock have made me yours.
You claim me with the power of your love.

This honesty has made a deeper love:
The physical protects me from real pain.
So now you’ve made that last part of me yours,
Your dominance has made you more than mine.
Secrets that I had locked within my head,
Now freed, have found a home with your heart.

This is really love. You are really mine.
We’re still new to pain, but know in your head:
My submission’s yours, and I’m in your heart.