velveteen rabbits

hush your brash mouth
you don't know what you do
when you label us so:
you give what we have together
a heart to beat out of rhythm
hands to stroke tenderly
a soul to feel the ache of wanting
a body to know the nearness of you
a definition to live by and up to
and i...cannot stand to be boxed in
i am not concrete and steel to support you
and what i am is someone i do not yet know
and i fear the us that is a part of me
or is it the me that is in you
if i say the words then we're velveteen rabbits
and i do not want this to be real