Gentle Witness

by Pat Darnell

Please witness
some folks with-holdin'
say I'm a calvinist
most forebode'in

i pout 'n think i should miss
my lips full pleasure
for what kind soul should kiss
my lips upon end
to my full measure


who will find me
in bower where i hide
and summon me
though i sink sour inside

see just out yonder
there is a huge man
see him as my blunder
will too you cover him in sand
as if he were plunder

wake me tomorrow
if you must insist
and if it is Easter
press on, gently kiss

be my very own
gentle witness


Be my very own...
... gentle witness