I have seen the sunset side
Of you
I have been lovingly, carefully bruised
By the surgery you have done
On my heart
You are taking me
Apart
I have seen the sunset side
Of you
I have been lovingly, carefully bruised
By the surgery you have done
On my heart
You are taking me
Apart
I look into the glass
It is melting
My reflection
Distorting
Slipping
Like waves through my hands
A tidal wave
Everything is ephemeral
Everything is rice at a wedding
Trampled underfoot
The light refracts
With a misstep
We broke our mothers’ backs
It was a long labor
And the pangs echo
Like the end of the world
It is coming
Like a train
And like a tornado
Like the last rain
Before the flood
Three
Two
There is a wide, wide field
And there are a hundred thousand stars
And there is a patch of cool, damp grass
Will you away with me?
There is a deep, deep lake
And there are schools of fish and flocks of birds
And there is a space where the water is thick with life
Will you away with me?
There is a warm, warm room
And there are a pair of mugs with breaths of steam
And there is a blanket big enough for two
Will you stay with me?