The World And Other Places - Jeanette Winterson

When I hold you in this night-soaked bed it is courage for the day I seek.

Courage that when the light comes I will turn towards it.

It couldn’t be simpler.

it couldn’t be harder.

In this little night-covered world with you, I hope to find what I long for; a clue, a map, a bird flying south,

and when the light comes we will get dressed together and go.

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