I Try

I wake, curled like a field mouse,

Wrapped in your arms, I know

The house is still asleep.

Seasons pass in a hurry.

"Do not forget", he said,

"I know you best of all".

I burn, I break, I try to do right.

You ache, you kiss, you curse,

But you lie with me tonight.

I am a wisp of a woman,

Caught in a gust of wind

I disappear, like smoke.

You are, cover to cover,

From beginning to end, my friend,

The man you ought to be.

I burn, I break, I try to do right.

You ache, you kiss, you curse,

But you lie with me tonight.

I burn, I break, I try to do right.

You ache, you kiss, you curse,

But you lie with me tonight.