the quiet while

carve my back, I’m settled stacks

I’m only now a wish well, wise

hold my hand, hold my eyes

fold out where honesty falls quiet

but I’m a body

holding all of it I can love you

and I know I’ve been so cold-limbed

so have my warmth, my motion

all of it

tender

mend my tongue

my shyest part

with time you feed it well

all my shadow

all my dark will settle

and I am yours

to brave

tend me what way you like

tend me what way you like

red tug

this is the blush you gave me

it tarries yet, sweet rosy sway

says I am made of pulses

I won’t hid my face from you

you play your edge, your lip line

I’ll pray my freedoms come

oh, child

hey, my blood hauls me

for a while I am not a little wide-eyed doe

I’m a woman, and you’re mine

to calm, to be kind to

hey, my blood hauls me

your eyes, two slots of death but how they shine

till I’m free to love you from my nothing

my chance of day has found me in your arms

a world perhaps

where is my kindness?

my sleep showed me all of my pain

and you

your form that invites it

I am a proper animal

with you