Hyacinth and Apollo

Stranded light, you lift your gaze toward the Sun
One eye bright as sea rime, the other black as the sky
The night your skin was on my skin, breath in my lungs
You breathe a flower into me, and I cannot hide
From your name
From your mercy

Hold your breath now, hold my truth shut in your palm
Bound so tight together, fate finds us staying up nights
The way is easy when the air is still and calm
Come now, climb the ridgeline at first light and feel the wind as it rises
From this country
From our bodies

Casting shadows, casting doubt
In the harsh of day
Casks of wine your blood poured out
Love, may I throw myself from the ridge with the pines as my witnesses
If that would bring you back again
My flower

Take the flensing knife and place it on my tongue
Cut away the words I knew before we met
All speaking casts a spell, we need a different tome
All singing rings a bell, your voice could be the spring if mine were the Sun
In its rising
In its setting

Flensing memory, cull the herd
Just spare our lives
Flesh remembers every word
If the hand of time had its way, this would pass with the day
But will you wait for me when you've been set free
To the wind

Sightless eyes follow behind
All death is blind
Breathless wind, the ribs of time
Tell me was it the western wind that at last did us in, or was it me?
Can't imagine that would make history

When every kiss became a petal
And every tear molten metal
You live on as nectar
Honey scent in the water
And the spring is our daughter

I drink from every bloom