Falling by Julee Cruise
Falling Through The Fire
Come with me, he shouted
And took me by the hand
And off we went exploring
A woman and a man.
I didn't have a road map
I didn't know the way
I only knew I'd follow
Where he led me that day.
And so we ran through rainstorm
And so we swam through flood
Riding on the west wind's wings
With a wildness in our blood.
My long hair blew back in his face
And he twisted it 'round his hands
Pulling me into his arms
By those raven colored strands.
His mouth caught mine in hunger
Devoured my crimson lips
And I laughed at him and tried to run
With his hands around my hips.
Not now, not here, I said to him
And caught him by surprise
Watching dark clouds forming fast
And filling up his eyes.
You must do as I tell you
I said and felt his ire
If you want this woman's love
You must fall through the fire.
What do you mean? he queried me
What is this trick you play?
No trick, Sweet Boy, I answered back
But you must do as I say.
I lay him down in green grass
And covered up his eyes
And all he heard was the waterfall
And birds up in the skies.
Where are you? he called to me
And I felt his anxiousness
He knew not yet what I might do
And he could only guess.
Be patient, love I chided him
I will not do you harm
See how your body shakes with cold
Now I will make it warm.
And I took his clothes away from him
And clothed him with my hair
Falling down upon his form
Like Adonis lying there.
I traced his body with my fingers
And memorized each line
Lightly as a butterfly
Upon his skin so fine.
What are you doing? What do you want?
He breathed as though afraid
Lying in that emerald field
And underneath the shade.
The tree leaves slowly began to fall
And made a kind of bed
Covering up his trembling flesh
And falling on his head.
I watched him move this way and that
His voice in anger calling
You must remove this blindfold now
I must know what is falling!
It's only me, love, do not fear
I whispered as he ranted
Hear my heart beat now so fast
It's only me, I panted.
And I made my way from heel to head
Kissing every inch
My torrid tongue a flame of fire
That made my lover flinch.
What are you doing? he moaned at me
In a tortured ragged breath
I'm taking you into the fire,
I'm loving you too death.
At that, he howled and reached for me
But my flesh he could not touch
Wilder now, his body begged
It wanted mine so much.
But little did my lover know
For we were not long acquainted
That I was was not an average girl
And not what I'd been painted.
He couldn't know. I hid it so
I kept my secrets well
And even I had never known
For the others wouldn't tell.
From whence I'd come or when I'd come
If I were pure or leaven
I didn't know where I'd been born
In Hell or up in Heaven.
I only knew what I only knew
And the power that I had
The ways and means to make men scream
In joy and then go mad.
So long I'd sought my perfect match
A man that I could love
Who didn't care where I'd come from
Down there or up above.
A man that loved me for myself
And didn't run away
And so I planned to test that man
And see if he would stay.
I dropped rose petals on his flesh
I pierced him with the thorn
I licked the blood up with my tongue
Where his body had been torn.
I heard an owl up in the tree
Chuckle like a man
I saw a form like a black cat
Run across the land.
The wind blew softly on my skin
For I was unclad and bare
And twilight pushed the sun away
As I was standing there.
Where are you? my lover asked
As he sought to untie his wrists
I've had enough! And he tried to rise
But he could not refuse my kiss.
I fell on him like a hungry beast
Devouring him like a meal
Tasting his sweetness and swallowing his wine
And making him to feel.
Like no man had ever felt
Drowning in desire
Giving himself to pain and pleasure
And dancing in the fire.
And when I thought he could take no more
He set himself then free
Tearing the blindfold from his eyes,
He threw himself on me.
And loved me till the midnight came
And the moon rose in the sky
Tearing my flesh with his teeth
Till I thought that I would die.
Loving me and hurting me
And healing with his touch
I'd never felt such ecstasy
And I loved it oh, so much.
For hours he loved me, like a man
But no man I'd ever met
Giving me exquisite joy
And a night I'll not forget.
His eyes, they looked right in my soul
His soul, I saw so clear
And terror hung above our heads
And yet I felt no fear.
I wanted to die there in his arms
Beneath his thrusting form
I melded with the earth below
As night turned into dawn.
Each bite and bruise I cherished
Each pain and pleasure, grasped
And held to it with loving hands
And my love for him I gasped.
I love you! I love you! I love you! I cried
As we reached the mountaintop
And tidal waves carried us away
And we could not make it stop.
Nor did we want to until we lay
In pools of feverish sweat
Covering in the morning dew
And love's rain so sweet and wet.
Now, do not ask me to explain
For I cannot and will not try
But when we'd loved with all our souls
We rose up in the sky.
And flew on wings we did not have
Up to the trees so tall
And then we dove down to the ground
And bathed in the waterfall.
Laughing like two children, laughing
And kissing between each laugh
We felt like people who'd been made whole
After living torn in half.
We stood up on the hill at last
Feeling fresh and new
Young and ancient as the stars
Now knowing what was was true.
He searched my eyes for signs of fear
But only saw desire
And I knew he was the cleansing water
And he knew I was the fire.
We two, had fallen to the depths
And rose again as well
Two beings who found their home in heaven
Even though they'd come from hell.
©by Voo
December 1, 2019
4 p.m
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