mon cher, promenade avec moi
errons et découvrir que le monde a à nous offrir
je ne vous demande pas d'être mon dirigeant
je ne vous demande pas de me suivre
tout je demande au deux choses
l'un -- que vous rappelez la beauté de la mer du soir et la danse du feu
et deux -- que vous promenade avec moi pour un temps et voyons où nos pieds nous prennent


dearest, walk with me a while
let us wander and discover
what the world has to offer
i don't ask you to lead
i don't ask you to follow
just stay by my side
let's see where our feet take us

you see, my dear
i followed the itinerary of desire
and found myself sorely lacking
because i've been reminded by so many
that beauty is flesh deep
and i carry far too much of it

to ever be more than just a...

temporary condition
fleeting distraction
honorable mention

until someone better comes along

but i still have hope
albeit bittersweet
and more than likely misplaced

that one day i will be...

a cherished treasure
the grand prize
the featured destination

instead of just a rest stop
or the safe haven

taken for granted.

three red slivers mark my arm
three by three hours i held you
i am i
and i can only be...i
give you my brand of comfort
even as you held me close
easily slip into the in-between
not quite awake, not quite slumber
we guard each other by turns

i wish i could wash away your pain
because loneliness is not the same as being alone
all i can do is give you my oath
i promise to hold you as long as there is need
i promise to keep those shadows at bay
i promise to remind you what it's like to be loved
i promise to be everything and nothing

my language is yours for a night
we have so much to say in the silence
i know my worth, but will you discover it?
or am i just the vessel that you pour your need into?
the ravens remind me in the twilight hours
that your memory of me will fade when daylight comes
i have no place in your daily grind
i am nothing and no one in your heart
i know better.
still, i savor this night because
i am i
and i remain...i
and if i have brought you comfort for at least one night
then i count this all as time well spent

even though i wish i could wash away your pain
because loneliness is not the same as being alone
all i can do is give you my oath
i promise to hold you as long as there is need
i promise to keep those shadows at bay
i promise to remind you what it's like to be loved
i promise to be everything and nothing

three red slivers mark my arm
three by three hours i held you...

i could growl all my pretty words
and maybe you would understand
since that is the language you know
you cultivate

i could purr so softly
and tickle your ear with such harsh phrases
yet i know you would pay me no mind
fighting the tide that surges within you
listening to instinct

be wary, my tongue can be forked now
i learned that trick from the masters of the trade
since i've listened to their verbal acrobatics
silvered words pour out of my throat
but i hold on to the truth even though it is deceiving

i can weave words when i want to
but yours always take so much precedence
and my filligree workmanship
goes to waste

yet i will always be tactile and visceral
visual and aware
i'll caress and kiss, growl and purr

until you remember

what all those useless words mean.