Not away from life, but in the midst of it
not out of this wreck but in it
i am the life and the life that bleeds
and if i came to show the world anything
it was the beauty of blood
and the life in the bread
and the time in the wine
i am in love with this aching
come now, lay down beside me
now that we've told this story put it
aside long enough to tell another one
they are all facets of the same
now that you have known me like this
no me by another name
this kiss, smoky
with cigarette and apple joice on your
breath
this bed, soft with the weight of bodies
and the surrender of pretens
this groaning, longing
singsonging
was really all there ever was