Dear One - Mary Lambert

Where did you come from, bright star

What heaven did you leap from, dear love

How can I spell your name without the sound of

Autumn underneath my tongue

Without acknowledging the lovers who bent me in half

Bless them for bringing me to you

How can I say your name without

Also breathing the words

«My god, I found you»

How can I ever speak again with this mouth

When it has found where it belongs

When you touch me

I am a bed of calla lilies

I will make a house for you and fill it with evergreens

I will paint sunsets on every wall

So you can only see beautiful things

How can I say «love» without wanting to fold myself into you

Like a thousand paper cranes

Dear one

I was halved the moment I was born

The other piece of me is inside your mouth

And I was found whole the moment you spoke