Lover and Friend

Whisk me away, hold me in kind

Teach me the fears lining your mind.

Dance through fields and the gentlest tides,

Keep your hands steady – always placed in mine.

Let us awaken a hunger for what is true,

What costs us anything and everything we’d ever understood.

Breathe in deep the rose petals coating my skin,

Tell me how beautiful I am again, and again.

Kiss me, miss me as we part our ways;

Always wish for me to stay.

Touch me sweetly, tirelessly as we fall to sleep,

Keep me in secured arms secretly in silk sheets.

Sing of your dreams and dance into the light,

I’ll take all of you in until we’re greeted by the shadows of night.

Kick, spit, and scream until you are heard – Until you feel seen,

I will wipe each tear from your dampened cheeks clean.

Never believe we’ve fallen for mundane.

Treasure us – promise me you’ll never stray.

Embrace our storms and our calmest days,

Love me until pink and purple skies fade to gray.