oh new lover!
oh this is going to be glorious
we're going to run til we're sleepy and dream until we can't stand to close our eyes
this is going to build build build into the greatest tree house you've climbed to
or made secret pacts signed with eyes closed blood pricked fingers

we'll hide in our secret places
and never let the world touch what you and i have
we'll cover our passion so that no one will steal you from me

no? but i want to be with you, in the deep waters
and find deep magic with you, and hold tightly to you, hide my face in you

but the pact wasn't secret, i saw the heavens ache when your blood spilled eyes open
our love can't be secret anymore
oh it can't.
we've got to be together, you and i.

fruit in the intimacy of you and i.
but i'm terrified to let you in me, see the bare nakedness of me.
it's going to be ugly and painful and i've never even seen what you will.
hakkadosh, how can i let you see me, hold my flesh smeared with marks from other lovers?
you're not going to run away? sneak away in the early morning before i wake?

you'll be there, still holding me when the sun comes?
i am.

are you going to be different, my love, than the promises that failed?
are you going to wander with me and not away?

i am.
oh yeshua,
we'll make breakfast then and make plans
for the rest of our lives
we're going to prepare for the feast,
but before that the winding race

you are.