it isn't sex that keeps you together

it isn’t sex
that keeps you together
although you may be together
during sex
for together for a second
or an hour
does not mean
that love comes next…

or that it even came before
or that it will come at all…
some think: love or sex?
what the heck!
as long as we both have a ball;

the ins and outs of sex alone
lead to climaxes—not long-lasting
yet when it comes to love
you’re so far above
it’s like comparing
eating all you want to fasting;

if i give a little here
and a little there
and get just the same
in return
am i any better
or just a giver/getter
who still has much to learn
about this thing called love
and not how to just love these things
between both our legs
and the pleasure
that it sometimes brings?

but what if sex
is all we have—
is all we think about?
is all we ever see?
is something we cannot
go without?

well, if I had a choice—
which we always do—
i’d choose love ahead of sex
for then you’ll likely have sex, too.

-xBrain-

if love
comes first,
sex is second
to none.