masks:
if the sky that we look upon
should crumble and fall
and the mountains tumble to the sea
the image is of
the fact that
i once loved
you.
i won't be afraid, no, i won't shed a tear
just as long as you stand by me
that
just once
to have loved
to just once
have tumbled
into that ocean
of juice
from its cliff
of pearl
broken
swollen
on its
taut tide
to have
masked
desire
with your
name
darling, darling, darling
stand by me.