So just kiss me
and let my hair
messy itself in your fingers
tell me nothing needs to be done
no clocks need winding
There is no bell without a voice
needing to borrow my own
instead,
let me steady myself
in the arms
of a man
who won't ask me to bewhat he needs
but lets me exist
as I am
a blonde flame
a hurricane
wrapped up
in a tiny body
that will come to his arms
like the safest harbor
for mending