It was grotesque
I held a bouquet of flowers
Like a severed head
As though it was a carcass
That I'd feast off in the winter

I knew how few and far between those things were
And so I dragged it home
You even took a picture
I held it up to show
Like I'd caught it on a fish hook

Are your acts of love so rare to be commemorated?
Like a beast I'd taken down
And I'd survive the scarcity
I would go hungry
Just to prove you care for me
To feel you love me, I'd would make do

I've said before I beat the cold
Better to for knowing you
I would go hunting
And whatever I caught
I would wrap it up and
Leave it at your door

Just so you could give it to me
And I would thank you, thank you so profusely
You know I'd make it last and
I would lick it dry
Use all of the bones and
Make delicate ventriles

And I'd warm myself in winter
With the animal's raw hide
For all my hinting
You trapped out at one time
And I'd survive the scarcity

I would go hungry
Just to prove you care for me
To feel you love me, I'd make do
I've said before I bear the cold
Better for knowing you

I cringe at the thought now
In all of its indignity
Of needing love from you
Of what that did to me

And I will never plead again
Just to be loved
It's not enough
It's not enough

And I survived the scarcity
And I went hungry
Just to prove you cared for me
To feel you love me, I made do
I've said before I bear the cold
Better for knowing you