I hesitate in silence

To step forward into dark

Starless nights without you

Because time stretches thin

These days of quiet still

Emptiness that saves me

From heartbreaks sting

Run far fast on the wind

Forget how the thunder peals

Shook the doors loose

To let you come inside

My starved skin halfsoul

Joining thigh to thigh

See the flesh free

Mindful guarded heart

Licking yesterdays wounds

Dig deep into the core

Of the matter if I matter

To meet eye to eye

Taste what bittersweets

I serve up with apron strings

Tied firmly round my waist

Keep me tethered down

Beneath the heavens touching earth

So I don't fly too high

Fall too far from grace

Catch a glimpse of good & evil

Writ upon your face

& think I've found salvation