Flame - Lisbeth Scott

Kept here in the quiet tide I swim around you

I watch you tend to yourself like a bent flower lifts itself up on the wind

I listen for your soft voice

Soft when you speak to me

Hard when you’re out in the world

And I wait for my arm to brush against yours and for you to turn

For you to be done clearing the way for yourself

Every dream is of you

I am hit with a scent of you and a fire boils in my gut

It’s as if I’m spellbound

Tied by an invisible string to your every move

And I would untie myself but I am lost in this rapture in this love

You sit inside my heart like a lion upon a mountain

So full so brave

It’s like I carry you with me wherever I am

I suddenly feel your hand upon me and I catch my breath

I travel in and out of where I am and where we’ve been fragile and fiery

Each day the sun uncurls and brings me that much closer to you

And so I breathe and listen and trust and wait