Maggots and Butterflies

The warm handprint you left in red on my skin
That blue dress with flowers that bloom in the field
The smell of fresh sunset is in the air
And I can see in your eyes
For the first time in months I can kiss your lips

Back down on Earth and you're gone now
Leaving me with tears in my eyes
With no shoulder to cry on
But I'll wipe them dry and hope that no one sees
The skinny clown in a baggy blouse
A heap of dry bones clung to the inside of my sweater

I feel you crawling back into me
But fear dug a hole here years ago
I want you back here in front of me
I want you as far away as you can be
But you'll stay forever branded in my memory
Maggots and Butterflies

I feel you crawling back into me