I recall impact, that instant when white hot flame
Blazed a trail ‘cross my eye
Almost meteoric, that brilliance in which you bathed
Almost blinding, that light
And your walk left a wake of men strewn like leaves
Off to either side
Timid, hesitating, I was weightless, lost on my feet,
Washed away in the tide.
I felt things come loose inside me
Clumsy youth, untie me!
You’ve no right to bind me in
This altered state of mind
You were breathless as a first kiss
Can it be she feels this
Holy warmth that sinks and seeps
And settles in my veins
Be still, my tremblin’ heart!
Don’t give yourself away
Cease your silly beating
Arrest and hold this moment for always
Who saw this coming?
No one did.
I recall rain that poured down like all Heaven’s waters,
Loosed to flow as they please
As if high hosts wept and watched and with rapt attention
Kept politely their peace
I know that in part this was my own doing
That I built you too high
Even so, I had no will to blot the afterglow
Burning clear in my mind
For I felt things come loose inside me
Clumsy youth, untie me!
You’ve no right to bind me in
This altered state of mind
You were breathless as a first kiss
Can it be she feels this
Holy warmth that sinks and seeps
And settles in my veins
When all we had to do
Was say those few words out loud
But I was much to scared, and I think
You were just too damn proud.
Who’s laughing now?
No one is.
Don’t leave me alone!
Don’t leave me alone,
Because without you I become no one.