something red.

laugh if you go
and tell me if you fall
for the darkness really isnt darkness at all
its sunlight corrupted
and love forgotten
and one more time will be mistaken.

im sorry my dear,
i didnt know how fast and strong the vines do grow
if im tired this time,
ill close my eyes,
and rest your gentle head in my arms,
lovely one
for this time, if we sleep,
we wont wake to dawn

leftover windows
shards in the sun
the day has only last begun
to fade away and hide its eyes
from the things that stalk the darkness
running to their arms i cry save me from yourself, oh night,
and let me not besmirch your cloak with tears
oh lovely one come closer to me and i'll wipe away your fears
for things that hold you in their arms so loose have lost the very soul of you
to rain and chestnuts in baskets on kitchen tables far from the past
that i remember...

ive forgotten and i left it all in that ditch
some good fifteen miles behind me
and little did i know how many miles i walked in circles
tripping in the same rut
i pray for childbirth and loving hands left warm marks on cold skin,
the color of warmth will wrap the baby tighter than before
and this time she will keep breathing
slow and steady
in and in again,
and the little sighs reach up around the room
and cover it in a baby-ness that we never had before
she is mine
and i love her