This Flesh and Me

Small head, bruised and bloodied
Innocence gone and trust muddied
Small world, in confusion and disrepair
Who's there to answer my prayer?
Like water over my skin
There lives a world within
Sitting through silent meals in misery
This flesh and me

Life's battles lost and won
We own the rage to carry on
We write the script, we run the show
We must deny the past we know
Like water over my skin
There lives a world within
Safe inside my interiority
This flesh and me

Trance-like and drawn to your adoring face
Affirming, selfless love lays the pain to waste
Your miracle of intimacy I must learn
A thousand passions mark my return
Like water over my skin
There lives a world within
I'm here for you to see
This flesh and me

The sweet breath that's behind a kiss
Chet Baker, good wine and ballparks all are not to be missed
Inside fresh-cut flowers and outside whispering pines
The trusting touch of a child's hand in mine
Like water over my skin
There lives a world within
Reaching for an ounce of beauty
This flesh and me

Embracing all of it in full measure
In this flesh I feel God's pleasure
All in all, let's do everything we can
Like the earth's rolling tides, we end as we began
Like water over my skin
There lives a world within
Looking not into a window, but a mirror
I'm glad to be here,
Finally,
This flesh and me

by michael woyan

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