Come with me, you said
and I did think I could hold your sadness
I think I can hold all
I could not imagine your
oceans
so bitter
the assassination
the fall
the carnage
feathers and bones.
I sat motionless in the light of the five
the sun came out of the slot
the floor in front of your room was all shards
and, again, someone is
in the flesh in the skin affects
forms
diamond needle
to the bone.
I had to know I understand I can bear all
but I'll learn to be free.
I loved you more than you'll ever understand
with broken windows
with the blood that flowed over the sting you
even if it was my life, my truth
my hope
lost my window.
Now if you believe that
listen before I get home my secret:
sleep with a sword next to the hand
sharp every night from the dreams of your body
your murder
your blood flowing
on my way.
[Suzanne Vega from Solitude Standing ]
