Shall we apply the old standards…or would you like to break with convention? We could, of course, repeat old patterns. Bring the grime of history to our table. Start with a spark, end with a smear of ash. Rub more salt in.

Or we could choose something else.

But that is just fighting talk; and we both know that fighting is tougher than talking. We are emotional beings; people who understand that high minded assertions are wont to splinter on the surface of desire.

I am, no doubt, weak enough to want you. I cannot so easily declare that I am strong enough to love you. Simply mad enough to try.