Perhaps it’s not my life that’s wrong
Perhaps I don’t know yet the ways of a woman,
The moves of our hands, the moves of our hair,
Little messages and bird-sing stories.
Love stories put into a question of why and when.
Perhaps it’s true, after all,
That you learn far more by watching those you love suffer,
Than by suffering that yourself.
Perhaps I should be too tired to cry,
I’m not yet, crying still mountains go.
How can I protect something,
As frail as a colourless dry leaf,
Still again more precious than a sapphire gem,
I am serious, I won’t do this again.
Perhaps I should just let go.
I wish I had something new to tell myself,
If this sentiment will someday rotten
Or if it’s thus alike wine that grows more savoury as times passes,
Passing through that seems in desperation, I am
Like the stone base of a church we’ll never walk the aisle.
I’m serious, I won’t do this again,
Along my fears lays down a lion,
Although I’m not afraid myself
Because my body, my love, my hands are now fire - taking properties.
Yet still I seek permission,
To sit down beside you, touching anew,
And for a chance do this like we want.