Animal nuzzles up to my shoulder
Sweats and grunts and pushes me over
With its musty mane in my eyes
I'm closed off and protected
Inside sleep together
Sleep within sleep
It's everywhere
I'm safe, safe with the head of the animal
Breath on my breath
There's nothing else
Gone, world, gone
When we wake in all our red rooms
Next to pillows that scream alone
And we're shaking uncompleted
Aching for this creeping sleep
On which to ride away
Sleep is the animal whose name is safety
Whose name is angel's wings
Whose name is never will it happen to me
Whose arms are the longest the world will ever see
Whose voice is Jesus saying Innocence is the child
Whose breath is warmth and the scent of safety and the taste of purity
Animal flies me in a hollow in its belly
Until the world's gone
Inside a world inside a world
Inside a world without end