And Then You Rained

Your first touch awakened in me A longing, a lotus A love I once thought dead You stood there and filled My entire sky with only that sole Moonstone look in your eyes The one that told me I was No longer alone on this desolate plain And then something broke free From the dusty shale and quartz Shaped like a heart inside of me As deep as a well And as dark as the eyes of a barn owl Unearthed from beneath the wild mustard On this grave a graven image Of a love I prayed for in vain Somewhere buried beneath The shattered asphalt of indifference You freed that moth-winged hope Because you touched me that deeply Filled me that fully, that completely How you slivered me like lightning Resurrected me with a kiss And then you rained.