You Want Me - Rich Shapero, Elsiane

Why have you been

Lost in this confusion?

The voices and the place

There, you can see, I’m

Not just a delusion

A self from inner space

Embers fall, a gentle rain

Fires swarm and winding lakes

Tapers high and crawling snakes

Two moons full above

Eyes that only watch and wait

But now it’s all finally over

You’re diving from the sky

You breathe my air, love

Legs down and I reach

Floating in my smoke

Arms spread and we meet

Red-hot and tossing now

Launching and dodging

Swamping and spawning now

Wary, no

You’re not me

You want me, you want me

You want me

Want me, want me

Stop wondering, is this all in your mind

A blazing wave curls

A burst and it’s gone

Stop wondering, is this all in your mind

Flames in a throng

Blue lake, hurry on

In every blast and whisper

The one you love is there

Her presence in each cinder

That’s soaring through the air

Stop wondering, is this all in your mind

Ravenous maw

A beast made of bronze

Stop wondering, is this all in your mind

Blue fireball

Gold flows up a wall

Towers and waves

Are you fire or clay?

Why don’t you stay

Are you fire or clay?

Why don’t you stay

You’re not me, not me

You want me

No, no, you’re not me

You want me, you want me

Towers and waves

Why don’t you stay

We’ve waited all this time