At times, when my mind wanders with my feet, 

My thoughts reach their destination before my body 

Like a recurring dream, 

I find myself traveling to lands I thought beyond my reach 

So new and different from my actual hideaway 

And before I return to that same familiar gate 

Words come together magnetically, 

Clearing way through the mess of obscurity 

The knot of doubts restraining me 

They form perfect letters to you in my imagination 

And, when finally confessed, grant my release 



Bodies bare of pretence, timid and undressed 

Do you mean to win me with these praises and offences? 

Why ignore me if you profess to adore me? 

I didn't think you could stand the sight of me 

At least you spoke honestly; my refusal was based on damaged pride, 

Not an aversion to your advances 



Obsessed with visions of the world, of night in distant places 

What lies outside of constancy? Outside of these fences? 

Passing the blurry lights, it's not my eyes, 

It's the world that's unfocused, distracted 

I'm well acquainted with your inelegance and vice 

You're still more graceful than the night 

That falls in each city with a sprawling indelicacy 

I'm straying further from home 

From my safe routine; and you're trying to find your own 

Can you blame me for inexperience? Just listen; it's all the same 



Bodies bare of pretence, timid and undressed 

Do you mean to win me with these praises and offences? 

Why ignore me if you profess to adore me? 



Somehow I've been lifted high above the tops of trees, 

From this frightening height, 

The buildings seem to be flattened in the streets 

I tell myself, “Don't look down, 

There's no way to plummet charmingly” 

And when I do I know you'll say “What a pity, 

She's just not what I expected her to be.” 

But I can't let my fear of heights get the best of me 

As my mind and body journey together in a parallel reality 

I realize that if I'm falling, at least I'm free 

I never want my feet to take me home