Here Is What I Want You To Do

I would like for you to
come up to me
and say
“We missed seeing you
today. Are you all right?”
and then
I would like you to
look at me
like there is a knot in my eyes
that you are untangling
and if you stare
hard enough
something will come loose
in me
and after that
I would like you to
place your index finger
under my chin
and raise my face
to the light
and then
bring me into you
into your arms and
the warm place
between your neck
and collar bones
and I would like
you to keep me
there, even if I
try to lean away
(at first), until
all of the poison
has drained from me
and I am left
divinely
empty