Always and Forever

Take
me down

to that place where my screams sound like a distant dream

and everything we are is all that I am.

Where pain is pleasure and pleasure is indefinable

and undeniable

when my soul becomes bare

laid out for your care.

Where the remnants of

who I was are no longer what I am.

Push me over the edge

and untie every last thread

in my cloak of solitude.

Delve inside my mind

climb to that place where I am yours

and you are...mine.

Where what we are is beyond time

and we float along in our own rhythm and rhyme.

Walking outside the lines

all that I am is yours

and all that I have is no longer mine.

Take 

me

down

to that place of infinite truth

outside of age and youth.

I believe in you

like you believe in me

and your bonds,

they have set me free

in this infinite sea we call humanity.

Hold me close that I may not fall

bring me to my knees that I may crawl

take away my sight that I may see

stand beside me that I may sit at your feet

lift me up that I may kneel

give me pleasure that I may feel

cause me pain that I may heal.

Come sit beside me and watch the sands of time slip by.

Lend me your shoulder that I may cry

let me see your wounds that I may sooth your pain.

Come away and dance with me in the rain 

even though you think it's a little bit insane.

Lay your head in my lap at the end of the day

when all that is good seems far away.

I'll lend you my ear

and listen to your hopes and fears.

You are my light in the dark

my shelter in the storm.

In cold times you keep me warm

when I am surrounded by infinite sadness, 

you are my gladness.

You are my hero

and I live to be near you.

Won't you lift me up that I may kneel

 and cause me pain that I may heal.

Show me now and again that we are real

kiss my flesh with bittersweet steel

wipe away my tears

and wash away my fears.

Come walk with me across these years

And I will be yours

always and forever.