Let me unwrap you—slowly,
one piece of delicate fabric at a time,
so the real you can emerge,
naked and trembling before me.

Let me bear the day away,
so there can be only you, only I,
in this world we will create,

let me brush away the hurts—
let me bare you,
so that we can emerge together
from the cocoon of day,
naked and trembling before one another
into our newborn night.