love in a windy place.

zip up the tent and try to get warm.
it's a violent night, but we've been warned.
our house is a box being blown away,
our house is a boy marching into the fray.
we lay tight, shivering, face to face,
i'm thinking of nice things to say.

like, "i will never leave you."
and, "i could never hurt you."
my love will never go away.

so that underneath the wind you hear me say
that i'm completely in love with your face.
your eyes, your neck, your back, your hands.
i can never look away.

when the sky comes down,
and the trees dance around, ripped from the ground.
i stay right by you, and you've got me bound.
the wind destroys this plastic home around us,
but i can't hear a sound.