Darling Double Back Poem by Mark Heathcote

Double back and remove that blindfold
hold me and embrace my heart
I promise all masquerades and walls are down
I promise all barricades are in charcoals, my love.

Double back, I promise there are no landmines
it's just me with open arms
there are no moral arguments, no blame
please try and forgive me, my love.

My house is burning down
every time I look around, and you're not around
darling, show me it isn't dark,
show me I've got foundations that won't just sink.

Darling double back, I think I'm going to die
because you've left with a piece of my soul
darling, you've left with the clearest-part
of my opalescent sky
and now there isn't a single star left-in-the firmament.

It was always only you,
you are my sun
now I am wandering lost in outer space
with only a picture of your face.

Darling double back,
while there is a window open agape
that's all I'm asking
darling is black all around me.
Darling, double back and remove this blindfold
and return that one piece of my soul that is eternally you
back, back to me.
With eyes that glint and cut like ceramic glass
that is amazing that ah an opalescent sky
is taking pity on me.