If only you could feel
the tiny tremors
beneath my skin
   How they reverberate
become earthquakes
along the lines of my veins
the map drawn to my heart
     and all is shaking
along my spine
miniscule shivers
that send signals
up and out
      over desert mountains
into night air
over forest and verdant shadows
into the vast regions
of light and deep darkness
      into the realms of your mind  
swirling about
through your bloodstream
muscles pumping the message
via tenuous threads
nerves and tissue protecting
the delicate circling of
what I hold dear:
       nestled precious
your heart
Yes your heart
so very far
yet inside me,
      so near

I know of love by the things I didn't do,
And I know your body by the cloth that's on you.
I know the truth and I know it my way,
So don't light my fire, it will lead you astray.

Dive in the water if it's not from my sea,
Dive in it deeper so you don't drown with me.
Dive in the water and swim in it alone,
For all the bubbles at my surface are gone.

And all the sirens sang "Amen".
And all the people sang again.

I know of love by the names on the stem,
And I know of freedom by the trees under them.
I know of truth and I believe she's strong,
So don't light my fire if you can't burn along.

Nobody stays unless they lose their mind,
After the heartquakes, what is it that I'll find ?
You can walk on my earth but walk on it alone,
For each step that you take will be crushing my bones.

It's not a fear if it can't do us harm,
We're not the victims as there's life in our arms,
It ain't a crime if there's no bleeding hand,
It's not a victory if we die at the end.

And all the lovers sang "Amen",
And all the people sang again.