Scholar of You

Hedonistic scorn pours out.
Brilliance isolates you.
Disdain for the flawed flourishes.
The fatal streams through your veins.
Your mouth is lush and wicked and
conceals your ethereal mind.
I would consume its danger,
though it laid me to waste.
Defend the ocean of your eyes,
for they reveal your soul.
I want to swim in their abyss
and harvest the riches from there.
Your fury doesn't daunt me.
Fierce kindness, you disguise.
You battle to break your halo,
yet you ride the wind and rise.
Let your staggering sentience
manipulate multitudes.
I watch in the quiet distance
as your worth is realized.
Darling, you're a soul divider,
but I won't fall away.
This lament is my way of life.
This longing is what I do.
So, cast your contempt
at the simpleton-
I am a scholar of you.