If I should die   Before I wake   Please, dear friend   My soul to take   And if my eyes, in freeze, embrace   An unkind vision of you   Lock tight my lids   With your lips fast kiss      And if you made her heart beat faster   Steal from her just one throb… just one throb...   Open my vein   That corridor, that sewer… that sewer...   And whisper down the same   First your breath and then your name   One fine breath in that cold red nest   That should rob that chamber of its horror      But if in silence you cannot trust   To have that word rest in my blood's dust   Throw the part away   Then I shall not name you   And if my mouth should open   And I say, “I love you”… I love you…   Put your fingers to my lips   Push the soul back in the hole   Take my hair   Bind tight your eyes and ears   And as you take your leave   So too take tight   Her warm hand   For she cannot hear me say…   “Stay”