night my friend
is today enlightened
by the glowing kiss
of our star's mirror

and i like night
am also enlightened
by the glow of truth
upon its mighty blade

i would tear veils
in desperation
but to tread softly
is better strategy

i would take the wind
full force against
my tear stricken face
but find reason for pause

the source of all i dread
is also the source
of that sweet song
that my heart echoes back

let all that dread
be thus transmuted
into the strength
it would annul

and with the brightness
of that sidereal kiss
let me also soar away
towards the beckoning voice

night my friend embraces
my desires and crowns them
the challenge is the fruit
my lips have come to grasp

my eyes awaken under the
shadowy robe of realization
and see beyond the rocky crags
as the sea stretches herself unending

i go to her seeking the path
and give myself to her dance
our star mirror points the way
the taste of mountains is in my breath

as the sand envelops my flesh
lighting the fire within
the drumbeat growing ever louder
the whisper of storms answers

my call upon the rock
outstretched arms
in fierce embrace
the breath let loose

i fall beyond the grasp
of dread and desperation
i hurl myself upon the path
of that sweet kiss a star bestowed

i bask in the interphase
of blaze and shadow
both embracing one another
upon my skin, under my skin

within my skin, because of my skin
the mountain grows and softly beats
the sea entwines herself beneath
the storm carries the song where it must go

night my friend gives birth
and i push myself through
carried by the storm
carrying the mountain and the sea

night my friend has gone
leaving behind
the kiss of our star
truth in its scabbard wisdom

and the pulsating skin
where it all came together
is my only garment
as i sing.

Skin Song
by Cindy Aixmar Salgado