Between Dog and Wolf

Late afternoon in winter time on the edge of the city

The incinerator towers are breathing out into the cold

The birds are making spirals high above the neon skyline

Across the drifting swirl of charcoal and gold

Islands in silver seas as the land falls into shadow

These are more real for me than all that I leave behind

And if I could only choose one moment to last forever

I would be here with you

Between dog and wolf

Between water and wine

Between wine and blood

From the black and icy river’s edge to the resurrection garden

We were in the arms of something that was unfolding

I close my eyes and see wild horses coming from the sky

Narcotic dreams and miracles descending

Silence my silver tongue and meet me somewhere deeper

Everything’s how it feels – is what you were trying to say

And if I could only choose one moment to last forever

I would be here with you in the place between dog and wolf

Where the breath is sweeter and the lights are diamond

Where the blood runs faster and the taste is stronger

And the night uncoils moving around us

Come, take what you want in the place

Between dog and wolf

Between water and wine

Between wine and blood