Mosquito in the Closet

In the places where our bodies meet

And your skin is taut

By my hand's relief

The faint imprint

Of our sensual unfolding

And the curves of your sides

Like lullabies

Sing me into

This unlikely dream

And like insects fly

To the nearest light

We seek the place

Where we can finally burn

Desire

Like flame

And we can singe our wings

On the scent of pure release

Where we break out of cocoons

So confining

So unnecessary

And we are swimming

With the creatures of the sky

And they can't bring us back down

Not with the taste of supple freedom on our lips

They can't bring us back down

They won't bring us back

In the places where our bodies meet

And where we get caught

Tracing lines beneath

The framework

That holds us

Together and apart

But if we learn to wake

In the places we forsake

Then we can realize

This unlikely dream

And like insects fly

To the nearest light

We seek the place

Where we can finally burn