
Curl up in my wings
For as long
As you need
I’ll cover you
I’ll make not a sound
I’ll guard against trespass
Surround you with downy embrace
I’ll block out the light
Tend to your wounds
With my body I’ll take on
The driving wind
With my soul the demons
Relentless
I’ll fight for your reprieve
In the shadows of possibility
I’ll sway to the beat of your heart
Bearing only the weight of
A silver snake
Bartered for the price of
An unfettered moment
Guileless, ghostless and free
And when the inevitable happens
When fate takes me aside
Ordaining without preamble
My turn to come undone
When my fears slide greedily
Over the transom
In wraiths of
Perpetual motion
When I’m battered
Bruised, too weary
And you
Are the only place
Safe left for me
Curl me up in your wings
For as long
As I need
Curl me up and
Cover me