Lioness

What has become of your roadmaps

And the glory of it all?

Must have lost myself completely.

I have begun to transform

Like a lake beneath a moon

Like a lover pinned with ardour

I write you to say

I turned 18 yesterday on the highway

You held me once on a stairway

Such a cool suburban kid

And we strolled home beneath the almond

I’ve seen the jaws of the Lioness

Set to swallow me alive

And sister, I was frightened

I write you to say

I turned 18 yesterday on the highway