absence of fear

inside my skin
there is this space
it twists and turns
it bleeds and aches

inside my heart
there's an empty room
it's waiting for lightning
it's waiting for you

i am wanting and i am needing you
to be here
inside the absence of fear

muscle and sinew
velvet and stone
this vessel is haunted
it creaks and moans
my bones call to you
in a separate skin
i'll make myself translucent
to let you in

i am wanting and
i am needing you
to be here
inside the absence of fear

there is the splendor of this
secret inside of me
and it knows that you're no stranger
you're my gravity
my hands will adore you through all darkness
and they will lay you out in moonlight
and reinvent your name

i am wanting and
i am needing you
to be here
i need you near
inside the absence of fear

-jewel kilcher-

miracle

listen!
do you hear it?
i do
i can feel it
i expect miracle is coming

it has set loose this retlessness
inside of me
expect it
dream about it
give birth to it in your being

know! something good
is coming down the line
finding its way to you
like all things find
their way to god's children
listen!

-jewel kilcher-

someone to know me

at first it seemed shocking
but now the idea
tickles my tongue
and intrigues my curiosity
beyond the ability
to rationalize or resist

i want to live with you!

i want to wake each morning
in your arms

comforted by your oddness
seduced by your knowledge of my days,

i want to care for you

brush your hair
put lotion on your scars
and pet you at bedtime
watching your eyes close slow
like a child'sheavy with the thousand things
that filled your day

-jewel kilcher-