Genesis

I unleash the pacing tiger from the prison of my ribs
Hir growling becomes purring then roaring music
A tune as comforting as your hands
You sing along because you know the words

I am Adam and eve set free in my own garden
Pluck my ribs - I'm your guitar
Savor fruit from any tree
That is how much I love you and me

Touch my snake
Listen to my burning bush
And I'll cradle your head in my arms and whisper
I love you my brother my child my lover my self

There will be no banishment for eating the wrong thing
This is our garden now, make yourself at home
Take off your clothes and let your body feel the sun
Curl the grass between your tender toes

Sit on a rock and converse with a lizard
Flattened out and soaking in the day's heat
Small things can possess magnitudes of beauty
Camouflaged beneath scales and slow-blinking eyes

Shed your skin with hir and say a prayer
With kisses and tears and words and touch
Today I found a prayer in your slow-blinking eyes
And words fluttered out like birds from our cages

Justin