And here, now, again,

we fall as quick and deep and sure as ever

dive into the rush of it,

and settle to swim with the current

            let my body dash against rock

            and crumble

if that is the fate of it

or            come up            breathless

                        in the air of a new world

the sunlight at new angles

            leaves, dappled in unknown dews

                                                and you

endlessly soft

            hard

            sweet

            and demanding

I crawl through dusk to kneel at your feet

            proffer chains

to possess and be possessed by

            to be dispossessed of.
            no gods

                        no masters 
except this worship                        freely given

this trust            laid bare            placed into your

unexplored hand            explore me

show me the edges of myself
run along the lines of desire,
coax from me all royal arrogance

that you may offer such gifts back,
            I learn to give pain

without injury

            to trust my own hands and your words

and our bodies

taking each other to edge                        of the edge                        of the edge

of a new day

                        light

                                    love

oh!
to you

            to you
I would give myself freely and take without fear

if you will give

                        your

                                    yes
            yes

you,                        who I see in persistent sun

rising and rising and rising                                                again,

            celebrating mortal magic,

magic as ours to tap and share

            a beacon to disciples in your ways of

wild/wise/queer/sexy/healing power, 
oh!            you

               how I’d run for you 
oh!            you

how we’d

            be living our lives

in infinite dancing

            with laughter flowering

through our teeth
and you!

oh!
how you’ve learned to love

before anyone taught to teach you
seeking every scrap meaning

to offer to community

            to connection

                        to art, magic and myth
I come to you with nothing by a mind and body

and hope for nothing but a glimpse

of the worlds you hold

of the thousand kinds of joy in your fingers 
oh you,

            you!

oh

I love how you love
oh, there is no world in which I would not

 love you
no Earth great enough to pull us apart,

no city so small

we could not change it,
take my hand,

            we are transformed