Midnight dust along your shoulders, breathing on your neck

(whisper A) corpus, anima, una carne

Midnight dust along your shoulders, breathing on your neck

(whisper B) deeper, deeper, stay within

Fingertips map every tendon, every subtle flex

From the hollow of your throat down the ladder of your ribs

I can feel your heartbeat rising underneath my lips

Scapula and spine align, a slowly opening door

Every vertebra I’m tracing makes me want you more

(whisper A) corpus, anima, una carne

Jawline tilts and muscles tighten underneath my hand

Pulse is jumping at your wrist like it can’t understand

Breath is spreading through your chest, a warm expanding tide

All the small, electric tremors running up your side

(whisper B) vena, costa, linea, te

Corpus et anima, deeper within

Corpus et anima, deeper within

(whisper A) deeper, deeper

Corpus et anima, deeper within

(whisper B) stay within

Sub cute, sub lingua, nothing left to hide

Clavicle to solar plexus, currents coincide

Kyrie noctis, carry us in one coherent flow

Every breath: remain with me, noli iam abire, slow

(whisper A) mane, mane, corpus meum

From the curve between your shoulders to the base of spine

Every small contracted muscle answers back to mine

I can feel the heat collecting where our bodies meet

Mapping out your nervous system with a steady heat

Neck and back and folded arms, a single living line

All your quiet, open structure saying: you are mine

Corpus et anima, deeper within

(whisper A) corpus, anima, una carne

Corpus et anima, deeper within

(whisper B) deeper, deeper, stay within

Corpus et anima, deeper within

(whisper A) mane, mane, corpus meum

Corpus et anima, deeper within…