God! I need you like the rhythm of

God! I need you like the rhythm of
a song needs dancers. I need you like the
blue birds need the canopy of oak
to house themselves. I need you like the earth

needs rain, the cows need shade, the bayous need
the gulf to flow into. I would just be
a senseless sentence without the terse grammar
you impose upon my words. I thank

the Sun for rising, the dynamic clouds
for moving water, the white light itself
for showing me your thighs. Give me the song

you are inside, let me hold the music
that beats within your heart, cause heaven knows
I am nothing but dust here without you.