Skin to Skin

The river was pink
It winded down
The valley of red and green
Where we walked you and me

The air was thin
Purple flowers laced our dream
I felt dizzy from the height
As I held on to you so tight

In a shimmer in a dance
In a slow paced romance
Waking up skin to skin
To fall back in dreams again

You follow my eyes to the horizon
I follow your breath until my death
While the powdery light created delusions
Of our grandeur in our heads
But thousands of lovers walked before us
They felt as new and pure and deaf and sore as us

We sang slowly and soft
As our music was being born
Tones were drowning from our muted lips
Lightning crashing with each touch and kiss

The desert was blue
We killed each doubt of us two
We screamed for rivers to fill our beds
To drown us with love until the end

But the wind steered me home
I couldn't stay forever more
We had scattered our seeds along the coast
Up over mountain streams and roads

I followed your eyes to the horizon
I left my breath as a mist over your head
While the world poured out an ocean between us
You wrote my name with your blood and sweat
I can still feel your skin as we woke up
Under the sun
Under the sky
Under your dusty heavy eyes