I’ve got this hungry, selfish love
Pleading on these desperate, bleeding knees
For you to open
So that I may survive

Now that you’re gone
It seems almost a dream
How we once moved
As one flesh, one being

My heart had become
Tenderized meat
Pounded and hanging
For vultures to eat

On a dirt road
I saw a man dancing

Stomping
Clouds of dust
Surrounding him
In an aura of earth

Like the moon
Dusted across the night sea
Something in him
Was magic

And so I stopped to say hello
While he kept dancing
I paused and watched
The novel parade
Of paradise prancing
Before my eyes

In a glimpse he was gone
Vanished before me
I watched the soot settle
And bowing down
I touched the earth
To feel if it was real

In my memory
That man dances on
Behind the cloud of beige
I watch him move in mystery

Wondering
When he will stop
So I can see
The spark of his splendor
Just a bit more clearly

I love you because
Your shield and sword
Are there to protect
The tender lamb
Of your being

She covered herself
From head unto toe
Screaming and weeping
For not being seen

You strike at my heart
It becomes tender
And with one final blow,
It breaks.

Chambers draw open
Contents outpour
And wide it remains
To receive all of life

Your heavy hand
Has made my heart
As tender as the soil
And as open as the sky