Shapeshifter

We are not the same...
My heart is in your mouth-
I say your name.

I cannot force your shame,
I cannot force you out,
We are not the same...

From beneath a solid skin you came,
The bones would slide within, without-
I say your name.

You have no hands to hold the blame;
Fangs will mar a seductive pout-
We are not the same...

The claws will tap upon my window-pane,
I wake in tears, the starlight going out-
I say your name.

Such pain, to love that which I cannot tame.
The fur will flow like water through a drought-
We are not the same...
I say your name.