Carefully Chosen Chaos

solve me a crime
play me a song
cut across the strings
of the violin you love
coax out a cry
to show that you feel
give me a smile
so I know this is real

cut my throat
with a gentle kiss
teach me what you know
about argumental lips
we can close all the curtains
and sit on the couch
with two cups of tea
and nothing to talk about

Give me your voice
burn it into my body
with invisible ink
that only we can see
smudge me with bruises
carefully chosen chaos
disrupt all my order
so we both can get lost -

- into the blur
of dark privacy
sheltered by rhythm
our own melody
the notes lift us up
we’re a matching tempo
a reimagined portrait
Bach and Picasso

our mutual destruction
is beautiful
both joy and pain
we rise then we fall
we are symmetrical mathematics
a prism of rain
colliding nebula of poetry
bullets and cocaine

a mystery of two hearts
I know you love clues
cherish me with your music
I’ll be right behind you
let’s go into battle
I’ll worship your wounds
and on the way home
pick up take-away for two.