First Embrace

Pouring rain. roaring pain.
Girl meets boy meets holy ghost.
Solitary. lonely most.
Spend the night. hold me close.

Take my pulse. swing your hips.
Written on the singer's lips.
Heaven's breeze. the seven seas.
Hidden places. fingertips.
The body breaks. seeds are planted. architecture. demolition.

Lightning struck then god made woman. deja vu and premonition.
Places traded. worst replaced. blessed. rewarded. cursed. disgraced.
Brought to life. reversed. erased. final breath and first embrace.

Burn a hole.
Return. behold.
Learn the roll.
Earn control.

Burn a hole. tell the joke. compel. provoke. smell the smoke.
Burn a hole. quite a catch. might attach. light a match.
Don't forget. joke and threat. word that's not been spoken yet.
Broke. in debt. smoke and sweat. burning hot and soaking wet.
Little death. tiny violence. every night at war with you.

Blackbirds fly backwards. something to look forward to.
Fingers crossed and candles blown out, just to be the one selected.
Greatest hits and worst misses. first kisses. unexpected.

Places traded. worst replaced. blessed. rewarded. cursed. disgraced.
Brought to life. reversed. erased. final breath and first embrace.