Gasping For Light

1 i built a fire in the yard. slowly walked back into the house. gathering everything of value. my books, my clothes, my boots, old photographs, letters, pictures, everything i've ever written. every memory. took them outside, and fed them to the fire! and walked off barefoot into the night. 2 lover, dance with me! we call unto each other from distances, through barriers, breaking down walls of seperation; through tears and angry silence, echoing through the night. i kiss your eyes, your lips, the arch of your neck. your fingertips, your feet, the inside of your thighs. your wetness. you open your eyes, and the shadow disappears! 3 spirits dance in the moonlight! a soft wind rustles through the trees. the howl of a dog, car lights on a forgotten road; a screen door closes softly. old house wrapped in stillness. only a faint sound. the footsteps of God walking in your heart! 4 i can smell your perfume, or maybe the scent of rain coming. i can taste you in the cool damp earth, in the blood of a small animal killed by a passing car, in the cry of the baby waking up hungry, in the web of the spider. in the hollow of my soul. 5 two moths lost in the darkness, gasping for light.