MY HEART IS WRECKED UPON YOUR BROW
(Music and lyrics by Julia Olivarez)
My heart is wrecked upon your brow
There is no shore to swim for
You are all-in-all, the sea,
the sightless fish that feed on me
and I surrender to the fall
(it's such a silent drowning)
drifting down ten thousand leagues
my hair and limbs as loose as weeds
your smile the sunlight I have lost
Where I go no light will do
Where I go is only you
I'm god-haunted once again, picked clean
of every prayer I didn't mean
What's left for you to feast upon --
a homeless whelp a-wandering?
It's just as well I know by touch
the one who will not leave me much,
who roams my heart a-plundering
Take it all, the wrack and the spill
that's floating for the taking
If you don't do it, no one will
Go on, my heart is breaking
Only you know what you've found
Bring all your swiftest boats around
and haul your swag to some safe ground
where love is all they're making
back