Protection

I could sit and write in the dark
in the place where danger
met me face to face,
repeating all the steps that
led me to that moment
and not even flinch

because of y-o-u.

Sea urchins are that spiky looking creature on the outside,

you said,

but on the insides - this is what is there.

Don't chew it,

just let it melt onto your tongue.

Like the words do,

in reverse.

In reverse

I could see patterns

slowly lifting with the fog

but who could say

which was the flower

and which was the seed

in fact

when I look at you,

the entire orchard

is already there.

With a sea on my plate

and endless fields of lavender and roses

seated across me at this table as my guest,

who would ever stop from being both
eternally roaringly hungry and completely full?

Ours is this sacred and homeless rite

in this vagabond garden of a feast on life

which you slice into parts like watermelon

and while I taste the seeds

growing in my tummy

I can feel it all becoming whole again;

the soil and the root and the rain

and the farmer's hand,

a hole in the ground

is where I came from

and Eden is what we're

becoming,

coming Home

again is a story

of finding sunlight

at the very crisp edges of darkness

and so we walk these dirty streets

in need neither of journey nor destination

just as the roots must do

as they burst beneath
the surface while

the whole world is sleeping.

I saw you close your eyes

when we stepped onto the forest
path of pitch darkness.

It was there that you taught me

how to see

with eyes closed.
It was you who took my hand
while the others only laughed.

I watch your face

meld from

tiger

to

dove,

tiger

to

dove,

And now knowing the absolute wonder

that you can be both,

I can only trust that I can be everything everything too;
even right next to danger's very own front door, with you.

Song1 (click here)
Song 2 (click here)

endless thanks to Mina Hu