Don’t be so distant,
My silent dream, my darling.
Come closer, come speak with me.
There’s nothing I’d rather want.

Let me embrace you
So my heart can swallow you whole,
Softly, like a feathered wing
Around a little  young bluebird.
And inside you will be safer
Than in a safest safe.

{[(sound asleep; contained)]}

My heart will protect you
From all sorrows and lonelinesses and
Other such nasty things
As a shell protects a baby turtle
Or as the petals of a flower at night
Envelops its dearest secrets.

Come closer, dear.

Speak with me.