It's time now to leave   Quiet the mind of it's chatter   Still the riot in your heart   Disarm the tongue of it's dagger   Tell your arms not to worry so   And listen.....      Step into it   Lift your face into the strong wind   Least we miss it's meaning   Such cold beauty exists here   Do you see it?       Like the landscape   Frozen & waiting to be born   Let me bundle you in clothing   And soft things   Because I love you   I will not send you out into the night   With teeth marks & pride I have stripped you of      We will prepare each other   We will make up our own ceremony   I will draw a compass on your belly      Tell me that it's ok   Before you turn me loose   Into the endless sky   Let me kiss you & then send you on your way   For winters can be long   And I will need a friend