I am Sun-roasted mahogany, and still warmed
Before the day even breaks
You are in the air and between every follicle
All amber, jungle-eyed, full of undiscovered life
Brand new species of whole love,
Growing from the body
Giving my preemptive brain honor to sleep
Rivers and roads abound in you,
Safe and a welcomed means of travel
To a Brand New World
To the place they always promised me

Though if war sprouted on the skyline,
You, the red mist,
I would gladly be a traitor
I would peacefully be ******