In this life and the next
Let me hold your hands
Clasp them into secrecy
Or for the world to see
Let me smell fresh mown grass
In the warmth of your breath
Wet my fingers in the salt of your sweat
Mingle with you, flesh and blood
Over fears and woes
Of stolen nightmares
Let me shield your sleep
In an inky black shroud of peace
Like innocent children
On a journey of celestial bliss
Treading with bare feet
Step on the clouds
And drench me in soft, murmuring rain
And take the flying leap
Into insanity

And I’ll promise you the
Fire of my soul
The fragrance of my thoughts..
And the fabric of my life.

As far as my eyes would go,
I see your eternity-
Curled up like a cozy cat
In the depths of my brain;
I wonder what lies beneath my skin
tinkling like a clear brook..
When I look at our yard in April,
at the cherry trees..
In me rises a well as deep as nothingness
When you look at me
In utter silence I sing
the joyous ode to insanity.

I like a thousand blossoms
That bloom upon my hands
Or the hymns of misty mountains
Or of naked trysts
When my ogres and demons
Lied down in eternal sleep
In such times your voice
Coaxed me to tranquility
And took me to calm seas..
Lest I cling to my wretched beliefs.