She came to me as blood and fluid
Tides and sleep
I caught her eyes saucer wide
As she leant into the sky

She bit her lips and stared suddenly
Into the bleached silence
Her fingernails slowly brushing
The smoke from her hair

My flight from your face
Must finally destroy me
I had always hoped
This world could be complete for me

The air around is fresh with rain
The insect world is silent
The red flower ascends
The woman is like a child

I will open up the windows now
And look down
On the lapis lazuli swell
That will sweep all of this away

The red hawthorn tree
Appears at my window