Citronella

There’s an open emotion that motion releases
The car reads a curve as the road writes a crest
Slow-motion the ocean is
Ironing its creases
Cotton white seams on a blue-green dress
Ah…
Sweet smell of the sea
Suddenly citronella
You will protect me
My sweet citronella
Warm frangipani and ripe mango skin
The sun has lost its sting
We’re diving in
Clearly I’m nearly completely unclouded by
History, hurt, and the reach of the world
The present is a gift
My heart lifts to a brown-headed
Mystery wrapped in a beach-towel, my girl
Ah…
Sweet smell of the sea
Suddenly citronella
You will protect me
My sweet citronella
Warm frangipani and ripe mango skin
The sun has lost its sting
We’re diving in