vulnerability

vulnerable -

is not what you choose, 

it is what you are,
when you are filled
with a passion
to live and die well,
when you've placed
your heart
at the feet of the universe,
when you stop looking
for hungry eyes
and open hearts,
to feed you,
so you can hunger
some more,
when you are filled
with the breath
of every heartbreak
you have lived
and are yet to live,
simply because
that is the only way
you know
to live and die
as you,
without another
you.