LXXIV.

i want you.
with all my lungs can give, i want you —
and you teach me,
and we're barefoot in the night fields,
and we talk about this,
this you and me,
it is a topic of conversation,
this you and me,
there is nothing else,
this you and me.

with all my lungs can breathe, i scream out —
the steady marching worship words
the faithful steady lyric words
the lyrics calling tangling falling drowning
the faithful hanging streaming words
the prayer of airport breakfast dawn
creation singing kneeling standing words
all i have these pacing dancing words
breath in footsteps whisper worship
the night mall afternoon coffee stretch drive words
the rhythm anthem smiling certain song

hidden tears sitting here exposed
glinting in the floodlights in this hotel courtyard
holding shoes and binder and heart
sitting here in your periphery
my veins they shudder pulsing loud
my heart sends tears instead of blood
wrapped in the locking of your arms.

faithful.
obedient.
the end you hold in hand —