Escalate

Call to the wind won’t you take 

Me forever if I stop asking for 

Affirmation whisper to my cedar will you leave 

Me if I ask for one more 

Compliment sit across from my garden and 

Command with just eye contact: stay with 

Me always if I stop stressing choke on 

A joke avoid eye contact with (underwatered) 

House plants dare them to walk away if I 

Share one more anguish soft howl to the few remaining

Frosts I can change if it will help you love me