Between us, there is no need
for gratitude &/or regret;
we have lived and we have loved
and we have paid for guilt already;

For, between us,
with my slender hand
intwined through yours,
we are both innocent.

& to the rest of the world
we will be guilty upon proven
otherwise;
but,

Between us,
there is no need
for judgement
&/or
compromise;
I love you, not
despite,

but because.