Homecoming - Anne Clark

Walking into light

From the blank evening sky

Knackles rub away the darkness

Circling my eyes

Walking into warnth

From the cold evening air

Numb white fingers push

Greasy rain through my hair

You walk into view

From shadow thrown against the door

Hands reach out and grasp the moment

They’ve been waiting for

You pull me close

Dampness sees through to your skin

You peel the layrs away

I feel the fire ignite within

You create the feeling

I contain the need

It’s moments that we’re stealing

No pleasure’s ever free

You sustain the rhythm

I’ll maintain the beat

It’s the only, chance we’re given

Let’s turn this cold to heat

You possess the notion

I take full heed

We’re bound by this emotion

Two bodies — one heartbeat

You create the feeling

I contain the need

You sustain the rhythm

I’ll maintain the beat

Desire comes alive

Nothing interrups the flow

Water nurtures every crevice

Where this love needs to grow

Sliding to the floor

We swell, falling to the ground

The world becomes a place

With no clear shapes, with no clear sounds

We’re lost for a short while

In the knot where love’s entwined

You pour the freedom from deep inside

I drink it back like wine

The murmur of your voice

Soft words soothe away the doubt

Your strength — so essential

Something I can’t do without

You…

Inside we slow each movement

'Til we’re static once again

Outside the city runs

Cars throughroads like bloood through veins

Here sweet sticky air

Loke a cover keeps us warm

Drops of love fall from us

The last moments of the storm

Opening my eyes

You’re even closer now to me

As the crowd goes pushing onwards

Crashing forwards like a sea

Right now a million miles away

It’s alwaysthere to interfere

But I’m always here to say

You