JUST WHEN
Just when you thought all your kisses were spent
Just when you sat so lonesome in your lonesome tower
That’s when the Whisper-King offered his single flower
That’s when the stranger’s lips brush gentle as a wren
Just when you gave up seeding your joy
Just when you crossed the names from your precious book
That’s when the letter came, a coat upon the hook
& you awoke from dreams & saw the slender boy
I’ve been alive a long, long time
& all I learned, I learned before
The sky, the sea... the door, the key
I never left, I just arrived
Just when you thought all’s left but the grave
Just when the tarry sands cover the greenest ground
That’s when the dragon turns & begs to beg your pardon
That’s when the water light comes wave upon the wave
You’ve been alive a long, long time
& all you learned, you learned before
The sky, the sea... the door, the key
You never left, you just arrived
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