I wrote this pretty quickly with someone very specific in mind, but I hope it works in a general kind of way also. I guess in poetry personal experiences are the tools to get at the bigger stuff. A direct link between modesty and acceptance. yes! why is that? I suppose others feel at ease. I wish inner love could shine through some other way, other than words...so inefficient in everyday talk, so many ways to be misunderstood. I've given up mostly. I hate talking. Wish I could just spill it out on the table - everything. ..im not being the best I can be in that department! Thank you for your thoughtful response Mario!

I'm so surprised at how considered and truly helpful the comments have been on this site. I appreciate it!
I actually did, have a specific situation / person in mind when I wrote this, but, as I mentioned in my other comment, and as is usually the case, that experience reveled something in me, and that's really what it's about. When I write, I'm not trying to be vague or criptic for the sake of it, I'm just trying to clarify what I'm feeling or thinking without regard to anyone who might read it. Not sure if that approach is good. I'm really not used to having anyone read my work, but Id like to start writing as much to be understood as just raw expression. I kind of like what I have started here, so I think I will work on it a bit with that in mind. Your so right about the title as well -I want to think up a title that is more of a "code" that can deconstruct what I mean. Every word of this poem has very specific intention (to me of course), but I guess I cant expect everyone to be mind readers! Thanks so much Eumolpus!

I’ve read and written a lot of poetry and I know what resonates with me, but I’m pretty much a novice when it comes to breaking it down and understanding what is happening with technique. I pretty much go on feel. Your understanding of my writing is better than my own understanding of it! haha! I do, indeed, try to weave subtext with literal phrases, it is a device poem, and I do want the words to express something in me, her, and leave enough for someone to imagine. Thanks for seeing all that and explaining it better than I could. It is very encouraging.

wow! thank you Lovedly. I'm honored by such a resoponse! Your interpretation is pretty accurate. However, I am not in the military...Captain is just an old nickname my friends gave me. long story. Thanks for the nice compliments in your poem and for such a heartfelt response. It is very crafty. I hope to have many more chats with you!
Good night from the desert. its getting hot here!! Hope all is well in Romania.

K