Stranded light, you lift your gaze toward the Sun One eye bright as sea rime, the other black as the sky The night your skin was on my skin, breath in my lungs You breathe a flower into me, and I cannot hide From your name From your mercy Hold your breath now, hold my truth shut in your palm Bound so tight together, fate finds us staying up nights The way is easy when the air is still and calm Come now, climb the ridgeline at first light and feel the wind as it rises From this country From our bodies Casting shadows, casting doubt In the harsh of day Casks of wine your blood poured out Love, may I throw myself from the ridge with the pines as my witnesses If that would bring you back again My flower Take the flensing knife and place it on my tongue Cut away the words I knew before we met All speaking casts a spell, we need a different tome All singing rings a bell, your voice could be the spring if mine were the Sun In its rising In its setting Flensing memory, cull the herd Just spare our lives Flesh remembers every word If the hand of time had its way, this would pass with the day But will you wait for me when you've been set free To the wind Sightless eyes follow behind All death is blind Breathless wind, the ribs of time Tell me was it the western wind that at last did us in, or was it me? Can't imagine that would make history When every kiss became a petal And every tear molten metal You live on as nectar Honey scent in the water And the spring is our daughter I drink from every bloom