I flew across the world with Her,
Wrapped in fig leaves and forget me knots,
Which were a sign of our true love,
She put red and purple and yellows tulips all in my hair,
She told me they showed the world undying love,
Showed it love that lasted forever,
Showed it a hopeless love.
And then she wept, because there is such a thing as a hopeless love.
She carried me to the Dead Sea and showed me how to walk on water,
She told me to imagine you inside of me, but in a nonsexual way, and I would be
able to,
And with that, I did so, as easy as walking on a hard dirt ground, or cement.
She carried me to the peak of a mountain and showed me how to roll around in
the snow naked.
She told me to think of your arms around me like they had been all those years
ago,
So I pictured you holding me close, and I rolled around, nothing but milky skin
and auburn hair to offer
the world.
She told me that’s how love that powerful works,
And she wept giant raindrops for fear that we would never find our way back
home.
She took me to a valley filled with poppy flowers,
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