Shutter
I woke up and you had gone
After the shock
That struck
When you said,
“Take it off “
When you opened up;
And I finally felt your eyes.
I am tired and I need you in my life.
She said,
“Dear god,
Please stay the night.”
I wore your clothes home,
When you woke up
And it was time for me to go.
I used to drown to fill the wound;
Until I couldn’t feel whatever it was
That kept me away from you.
I was too far gone by the time
I could reach inside.
What did I ever give
To everyone that ever touched me,
But a reason for them to leave?
I begged myself to go free.
I am standing like a fool
With words I don’t owe
With handfuls of nothing to show.
And fall at your feet.
You can see me
Undress you
In my dreams.
I don't know what you want from me.
I am forbidden,
And you are a dream.
Pull back the curtains;
Let love breathe like a wound.
Let love
Open you like
It did when I first saw you
Unclothed and
Dumbfounded--
Undone and
Undue.
We are lying in the grass on an April afternoon;
Unfurl.
Open the gate and let me
Show you everything I have to lose.
Show me the cracks that run along the spine
Of the dark you try to hide.
Your neck
Meets my mouth—
Shutter.
The sun comes out;
And it always comes too soon.
Love me before the dream drops out,
Like great things always do.
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