You told me once
That you were a leaf in the wind
I thought how wrong you were
You speak of us,
Like possibly you’re a glint in the corner of my eye
I thought how cruel you were
You’re a firecracker in an ink blue sky
You pop and crack, and blind these eyes
A raging fire in the dead of night
I didn’t stand a chance  
But in the morning light,
Between your hands,
I’d choose to burn every time

Having to hold back,
In my bones I feel the ache
Every step my pointed toes beg to take
Toward you
The tide you pull, the waves you break
Every muscle I own works to stay in place
Lover , if you crash once too many
I won’t slip and drift out
I turn my head away, I turn around
And walk on water

The way you touch me
Like I’ve never been here before
Like every silent night,
Was just another door
To the way I take you in
To where heaven starts
When the space between us ends
Like a golden cracking thunder
You bend and pull entire rivers
How could I ever want another?
Just how could I ever be the same  
Do you see the twilight through the curtains,
How it lights up your name?
I say it softly into your neck  
Baby, all the power that you give
I’ll breathe it out and give it back again

In that moment,
I would’ve traded all my luck
For you to just stay
My final night till this next moon,
As far as this moment,
My last with you
I would’ve said anything
For you to sit down
And resign yourself to the humming sound
Of our hearts in our ears
The sheets slipping like your car shifting gears  
And burning every fence
Stretching out the minutes like lace
You tie around my neck and wrists

I saw you in the light of the Mayfair sun
And the sky cracked open
Wide, and blinding
Bigger than the whole city
Deeper than lighting striking a valley
Hot white silver as my heart
As holy as the ocean
With no end, and no clear start
Velvet like the lines in your palms
Breathtaking as the thread we’re hanging on

Drinking gin in the park
You look at me
And you’re every single stop, long pause, start
You’re everything that sets a jump in my heart
Everything I want to breathe in
You are mid August
On the backs of my legs
The smell on my hair,
It gives away that I’ve been
Curled into your chest,
My face in your neck,
Pleading for you to stay
Praying to a righteous God
That for us,
It’s just another Thursday

So used to wasting water,
Letting it fall and slide between my fingers
And you,
You pull me softly down like a glittering river
Like getting lost in a story or a dream
That could surely last forever
Here I am just soaking wet
Clothes heavy and dripping on the tile floor,
Reaching down,
Begging to join yours
You, staring into me
With the greenest things I’ve ever seen
Spreading out until they’re everything