Bent first the sunlight through the sky
Then through the window
Onto your thigh
I am half asleep I am half in dreams
With the smallest shift the bamboo creaks

Feeling all around
Every shape in the dark
In the corner on the floor
In the lion’s paw I lay
Her pads are firm yet soft
And her teeth are always out
There’s no point in keeping count
Of the hairs pulled from my mouth

Arise arise
All the the beautiful things
Awake awake
I can’t remember what we said
But I remember what we did
And I remember what how it felt
And I remember why I turned my head
And how I raised my eyebrow slightly
I don’t take the King lightly
There is nothing to confess
I give to you my first and best
For the light for the time
For the life and the knife

Bent first the sunlight through the sky
Then through the window
Onto your thigh
I am half asleep I am half in dreams
With the smallest shift the bamboo…