window open, cold air in blood moon rising this is how the calling begins if you’re hungry, I won’t hide I’ll let the black lace slip aside I catch my breath, you pull the thread the veil gives way before I’m led I bare my throat like an old prayer I learned surrender before I knew you were there every howl outside my door pulls another thread, and I want more some vows are spoken, some are sewn one thread at a time until it’s grown I tell myself I’ll hold the line but the moon don’t wait, and neither’s mine I never saw your mouth somehow I heard you say come closer one thread becomes two two become one, over and over every heartbeat pulls another every breath un does me slower if this is hunger let it have my name let it have me over your shadow finds me first, always before your hands, before the haze the forest holds its breath for you even silence knows what to do something ancient wakes in me my pulse remembers what my mind can’t see every step I take tonight feels less like falling, more like light some vows are spoken, some are sewn you find another thread of my own I don’t stop you I never do I never saw your mouth somehow I heard you say come closer one thread becomes two two become one, over and over every heartbeat pulls another every breath un does me slower if this is hunger let it have my name let it have me over candles bending, no breeze at all windows open, no walls, no walls blood moon hanging like a witness now pull the thread — watch the lace give out the veil is falling I don’t stop it now I leave the window open not for the wind — for you if you’re hungry I won’t hide what’s true take what the night already chose one thread, one breath, one vow come closer blood moon tonight something answers without a sound
