even as the heart teems with feeling.
Her I love.
Her love want I more.
Selfish am I.
I want to be selfless.
And as free as I can be
...yet I want her with me.
Sometimes the words run cold,
even as the man teems with feeling.
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The line "Her I love" is deceptive. Does it disguise desire with declaration? Should it rather read "Her I want to love"? Cold words cannot run without some thought chasing them. That thought seems to be "I want her with me." Indeed, "the man teems with feeling" as he struggles with his being "selfish" and his "want to be selfless." His "want" for the love of the other must submit first to actually loving the other, which may mean withholding from oneself what one wants to do for the sake of what one must do for the good the other. Wanting what is the other's good is love that will warm even coldly running words.
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