Can we take flight
He: Shut your eyes – to see me
The way I was back then
From dust I rise up, I beg upon my
knee
Turn away – to dream me
To make me whole
again
She: I see him in my mind
He calls, he stirs tonight
But when I come to him – our limbs
entwined –
That arm wraps around me,
Can we take
flight?
He: In darkness take a leap
For trust is blind
Imagine me: not broken, not a tear
to weep
Imagine us:
caressing
Our limbs
entwined
She: Pressed against that ribcage
Where not a breath escapes
Not a sigh of sorrow, not a cry of
rage
How can I bear that silence –
The wildness of
his scrapes
He: I fear you will awaken
One day, catch sight of me
From my embrace break free, now
distant and so shaken
And leave me here, my grace
In my debris.
She: In my dream I’m soaring
Amidst a flap of wings
My heart so light, so happy,
forgetting him, ignoring
That arm wrapped around me,
How heavily it
clings
He: Turn your back on me… Go!
No feeling left, no lust
Bone on bone I crumble, to bury or
to sow
That fading sound of footfalls,
Your footfalls on
my dust
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