When the weight of her eyes fell upon me I flinched

 

And drew back my hand where my fingers had inched towards her thigh

 

She pinched me goodbye

 

And then took off running

 

I was a young man, a boy to speak true

 

I had no idea what my fingers could do

 

I was wrong

 

She knew all along

 

And loved me for learning

 

She was so lovely, I never knew how

 

She could look like an angel with mud on her brow like a crown

 

And how she lay down

 

And cooled me like water

 

And we make it up as we go along

 

And I avoid her eyes when things go wrong

 

I might lift her up where she don’t belong

 

From time to time

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In the terrible silence that followed us home

 

I swore I would keep her and call her my own

 

She said Why?

 

I’ve shown you the sky

 

But that isn’t flying