Invite me to listen
To all you believe
I’ll sit proper
Hoping to hear, but knowing I won’t
How what’s in your heart spilled out to the streets
We’ll toast to your voice and I’ll take my leave
Talk with me though
On all that you know
How you held the grey captive
Extending your hand -healed it
I’ll ask you to speak slow, I’ll stay at your feet
My heart your tent of gold
When, without aiming,
you still dare to spill your soul
-there goes white-hot grace.
I know you spoke gently to her
With just the right answer in your eyes
To match the question in hers
Since there was music
She moved closer
And you made the most of the dark, I know
We run the good race
And along the route we learn
To thirst for what’s right
Unconscious now
But if you
Come
Closer
Drifting off with me
I’ll tell of the dream
Of the contrast between
The ambient warmth
And
The silencing chill
The pressure
Oh
The release
The innocent question
Blink
The you-know-what-you-did
I cannot
Bring you back
Can I
Breathe in you new life
With a breath all my own
How will I
Erase your pain
I will not
I shall not
Dishonor your story
Shall I
With my wish to the stars
Diminish your scars
How could I
Erase your name
I could not
Everything was white
And there were almost too many flowers
The distance from there to there finally closed
It was daylight
Not that anyone would remember
And for once, nobody looked away
The learned vixens
Damn them
Bless them
How
How did they knowHow may I hear it
More tenderly though
Will half-open soft eyes
And low heartfelt voice
Ease the blowOr best to re-frame
There is no dark day
Coming for you
That you cannot handle
I knew they knew
Thank you
You song
That sings me to sleep
You billow-brushed voice
As I spiral deepDown Into the slumber
My arms pull you close
“Come with me” they ask you
Eyes already closed
We whisper “I….”
I know it is my unbelief
That keeps me in this loop
But as I touch the white fur fringe
Of his red velvet suit
I ask again a second time
For simply one small thing
The Ultra-Fantastic, Super-Fly, Retro Decoder Ring
