you said you come from jerusalem
but i know better that to make the association
with someone else’s promised land
you think you can get away with anything
with a voice is so deeply luxurious
lilting over words and through them and into me
my eyes are wide when i kiss you because
if i close them i know it won’t be long before
i’ll be stumbling through darkness
with only you to guide me
and it’s then that
i’ll be forced
to trust you