There you stand before me
And your hair cascades
Down your beautiful back
And the sun shines through your dress
And slips between your legs
To the top
And through the crack I see the stained glass 1
Of the immortal Chagall
Of the Metz Cathedral 2
There you stand, two steps away
You are there, so beautiful
There you stand, two steps away
Two steps - it’s a lifetime
Of lowering my head timidly
A life never daring to step over
To jump into the void
Staying in my room
Devouring the word love
You are there, two steps away
Right in front of me
You’re ready, in front of me
And my heart would like to take a bite
But my legs fail me
Two steps, I just have to reach out an arm
There you are, two steps away
So I lower my head
And go back there
Back to the noise of life
This evening in my empty room
Still inhaling the scent of your back
I’ll be burning with my stupidity
Once again it was two steps too far
1. Literally this is more like 'past your buttocks' but I couldn't resist adding 'crack' 2. Marc Chagall's stained glass added to Metz Cathedral between 1958-1960 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metz_Cathedral