Hide with me here a little longer in...
Language: English
Hide with me here a little longer in this cradling manger.
Remain with me in the humid gravity of our embrace;
Your wool is warmer and softer than a lamb's.
Silk will wait; the shepherd's cloak's enough for now.
Let hearts be thrones; let brotherhood be a palace.
The slow curl-and-coil of our shifting sand-dune bodies
Is persuaded by the same primordial pull as the spiraling of the stars,
The very same unbearable desire to be charmed together.
Stay with me in silence a little longer, beloved shepherd.
Silence.
Starlight.
Immensity.
Warmth.
Silence. Silence. Silence.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 95