Lullaby
Morgead Blackthorn

A goddess of fire,
Hair streaking behind her,
Beauty in one frame,
My soulmate,
She's mine,
She's wild,
She's gorgeous,
She knows it,

So long as she does,
Everything will be all right,
We've come a long way together,
And there's more to come,
More to give and more to receive,

I follow her,
Kicking up dust down our old roads,
Memories fade in and out,
Drowning my thoughts out,
But not thoughts of her,
Nothing could take her out of my mind,

She looks at me,
My heart soars,
I open my mouth to speak over the roar of my bike,
Shut it,
This is nice,
Just the two of us,
Side by side,
Driving by,

I look at her,
Her long hair flutters around her like a billowing ghost,
The bravest person I've ever known,
She's here with me,
Filling me with courage,
And love,

Me and her,
Riding all night,
The way it's meant to be – right?
Right,
I look at her,
Lose control of my bike – ouch,
That would've hurt,
Laughing inside my helmet,
Well I'm not a total idiot,
I'm not gonna go without one,

Wish I had,
I would see her better then,
Maybe I should get a hair cut…
See her better then, too…
I'm blabbering,
My thoughts are garbage,
I know what she's after,
Depends on whether she'll hold out,
Whether she's worthy of it.

Stopping completely at her nod,
Parking,
Grimacing,
Then our helmets are off,
And there she is in all her beauty,
Her hair the same colour as the sunset,
Her eyes as soft as the early-morning sky,
I watch her,
She watches me,
There's silence as we sit,

I can feel her breath on my cheek,
I want to kiss her,
So I turn,
To find her already coming at me,
Good.
We kiss,
My world melts away,
And it's just me and her,

Completely satisfied,
Contact is brief,
We're drawing too much attention,
Break away,
And she's eager for her present now,
Her first day out of Daybreak,
Now where's my present? She asks,
But with her mind,
So I shouldn't hear,
I do.

I grin,
Is she deserving?
She sits back, watching me steadily,
My heart soars,
She's dressed in bright colours,
Gleaming like the sun,
She really does look like a goddess,
Not a huntress after all.

Silent questions teasing at me,
Does she really love me?
Is my present all she wants?
Doubt it,
But I hold out on her anyway,
I look politely puzzled,
I want to wrap my arms around her,
But not yet,
Not now,

Leaning back,
She's almost pleading,
And… now she gives up,
Now's the time to pull out the chocolates,
Sheer delight, but she masks it,
And we eat them together,
One at a time,
One in her mouth,
One in mine,
Bliss,

Imagine this:
Me and you,
Together forever,
Under this same sky in twenty years time,
What then, Jez?
Will we still be the same?
Will we still love each other then?

Maybe there will be more,
Maybe we will belong,
Maybe there will be no world after the millennium…
But maybe there will,

I love you, you know that, right?
Yes, you do and you love me too,
Do you know how I know?
You're leaning on me,
Slowly you rest on my shoulder,
You sigh,
We belong,
We are one,

I glance up at our bikes,
Yeah, they're fine,
Chocolates are gone,
Damn – still hungry,
I look down at you,
You're almost asleep,
Want me to sing a song, Jezebel?
You shift uncomfortably,
Ikiss your forehead,
Well… maybe a few lines…
So I sing,
I sing my bleedin' heart out,
And you smile,
It makes it worth it,

I tell you I love you,
And you repeat those words,
You rub my hand,
I rub yours,
You fall into my lap,
No longer a goddess – an angel,
I'm singing you to sleep,
A slow lullaby,
A song to sing,
To blanket your dreams tonight,

We'll wait here awhile,
What's the rush?
As long as I sing this lullaby,
It looks like we're not moving,
Shame,
I grin,
I'll keep singing…
Even if I can't,
Well, if it makes you happy…
This lullaby's a long one,
You're already a sleep,
My love for you is growing still,
Our connection's running deep.