This Frail Membrane Is Our Boundary

My room is warm and comforting and light This feels like kindness , brings my skin delight I remember being held in loving arms And soothed by songs as sweet as any balms Let the lamplight run across the eyes Let them soften to a wider gaze Let the hair be free from sprays too strong Let the skin enclose us softly, strong We can’t deny the skin is often pricked Or beaten by a parent who’s too strict More fragile than a leaf from any tree This frail membrane is our boundary Floating into sleep in reverie I lose myself while God imagines me