elizabethlevett

(a lyric)

Love, like water, is always there.

There’s a grace she cannot capture,

even in her underwear.

She’s sure he said, “You are time and space.”

She’s sure he said, “You are the planet.”

She’s sure he said, “Put your little foot right down.”

How noisy my heart is

or means to be.

How the too ample space

has weakened you and me.

She’s sure he said, “You are time and space.”

She’s sure he said, “You are the planet.”

She’s sure he said, “Put your little foot right down.”

She closes her eyes with urgency.

“I am rarefied. I am fat with breath

and possibility.”

She’s sure he said, “You are time and space.”

She’s sure he said, “You are the planet.”

She’s sure he said, “Put your little foot right down.”

Listen to your heart beat, “by and by.”

(A brief homage to Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Photo by my friend, Ginger Williamson.)

Song audio – Dreamchair Music, from the Single, A Rope of Feathers (bandcamp)