if i had the world in my hands
all its seas, all its sands
i would silently drop it
into your open guitar case
as tribute for the ways
you strum my strings

it would pay for your supper
shelter you from cool evening rain
warm you when your heart is
defrosting and in pain-
antarctica in spring

i would then look you in the eyes
the lies we use to shield ourselves
lifted, shelved, pride set aside
i would show you i know things about your heart
you've not started to catch ahold of
and that i respect you for what you've chosen

i would fall into the depths within minutes

(how i long to lick the sweat, the dirt of the street
from off your skin, and taste within
the truth that can only be experienced
when all other distractions have lost traction
when all your worries are a fraction
of what they used to be
when your cares are survival and revival
of the delights of savage sensory simplicity

i cannot explain my felicity in this city
why i have allowed myself to follow my instinct
to this place, linked irrevocably to your spirit
why i have let my heart guide me
to your side, tanned fingers in my pale ones

but i know, whether you're dressed in black and grey
or in the colors of the decaying alleyways
i will love you for everything you are and will be)

perhaps, if i dared
and was duly prepared
i would blow you a kiss
hit or miss, it'd persist
sneak up and bite you
in the night when you lay dreaming

after all that unspoken communication
had created wordless negotiations
i would nod my head in recognition
of a heart more solid in its conviction
than my own that bleeds depression
into the void where my future ought to be...

yes, if the world was mine to give
it would easily be yours to live on
i would shine it on my shirt
to remove the dirt, the dust of daily dreamlessness
so that you could see the swirling beauty
of the trees, the fields, the flowers

the succulent sexuality of life

lacking the world, however
i will endeavor to be clever
and find a way to crawl into your guitar case
so that i may be your musicbox

like a dark and dreamy ballerina
i will dance within love's arena


if you give me the key
to unlock the sea within your being

i will keep your heart and secrets safe