Center
Karen Hallenbeck Sikorsky George
For "Steven"
November 2, 2008
The dark, quiet peace floated upward and stars stood
Erect, present and so alone up there, far away, I cannot
Touch you without feeling me, inside that place the
Wall erects, blind, elephant ride, what is this, why do I
Feel you forever familiar like the private parts of me
No one knows today (they are hidden for a reason)
You ask me why I look at you when we kiss and you
Know that is your being in me, reversed, shared, us
Passion is just energy in raw form
Take it deeper, slam it much harder and
If you want you might climb the mountain top
See my sky within, without, let's go to Midland and
Be what we are, we can follow the desert plain when
The hugest sun drops down low, yes down there, stop
Start again for night is cool, I shiver and you are warm
So hot that I boil and only want to know why you, why me
What did we do to be right here, don't let me run away or
Become the wall within for then I stop, and it is time to go
Into you, feel you, be real and not play I can't anyhow
Your pain is reincarnated in me, I know it well, I care
Children are pure (you are we are) and that love is
Boundless, robust, it is hard to beat there is
Absolutely no beginning or end, why is it you and I
Did not get to be children, prison door slams, bangs
Fuck it up, I wish I fought like you "then" but today I wish more
That I help you reduce rage to a small ball that you could throw
Hard, fast, and so far it will never return, more so that you sleep
With peace, feel safe no matter what you say, and take the
Aliens, bigots, criminals, malcontents and bust them out of this
Place we sit (beneath the desert sky) let's burn them at the stake
A eulogy (they are gone) and the weight (ton) is dropped and we
Are flying so fast a Lear jet is damn slow, sweeping chaos away
You feel like sunshine inside me, I melt on you and
Slippery, we burn and it feels like lava, erupting endlessly
Torn, confused, bruised but connected like an arm, a leg,
It is all interlaced and fragile turns to strong, we are heat
I like your heart it is totally part of the whole, do you begin to see
Good, the path HE is choosing for you to take, you don't need to
Suffer, question, join hands with the trailer trash failures that spin
Downward and are lined up on the firing squad for the final burial
It is time (good morning) to wake up, open your eyes for the first time
Take what is given (you need it) and know it is time to grow, even one
Small seed (planted) becomes a strong and able standard (a man) you are
Don't ask me why "I do" it just happened
Somewhere between San Angelo when you sensed
That sky was everything I turned and met your gaze
Far away, and a spark evolved to flame, you KNOW me
On a Sunday the church bells peal, a congregation prays in unison and the
Separate lives end, pale in comparison to the God flowing on those who
Deserve life, there is a key to unlock that door, use it with respect and
Know that even in this moment of totality, explosion, physical deployment,
I will not turn from you, but will look in your eyes, touch your face, feel
Your tongue touch mine (mine yours) and continue to go into that place
You let me go (with you) I have no FEAR, for you will be ALL you are
Some will never know this place, or go where we are, go at all, they are
Not going
To be
We are it and
Know, we just
Do, and it turns to heat
The sky remains, so stay
No one just you, I, I do care
Stay...
