So Just Kiss Me

So just kiss me and let my hair
messy itself in your fingers

tell me nothing needs to be done --
no clocks need winding

There is no bell without a voice
needing to borrow my own

instead, let me steady myself
in the arms

of a man who won't ask me to be
what he needs, but lets me exist

as I am

     a blonde flame
     a hurricane

wrapped up
in a tiny body

that will come to his arms
like the safest harbor

     for mending

Jewel Kilcher