Slipping Off Avalanching Slopes Poem by Mark Heathcote

We are buried in dreams
We are living hopes
Slipping off avalanching slopes
We are leaving tentative steps
We are whispering cautions echoes
We've uncovered cut gems not yet polished
We are memories with broken collar bones
We are bricks and mortar
We are submerging boulders
We are grains of sand
We are eggshells crushed by foes and friends
We are buried in dreams
We are living hopes
Slipping off avalanching slopes
We are leaving tentative steps
We are whispering cautions echoes
But all I know is I don't want to live without you
All I know is I don't want to live or die without you
We are atoms that must ultimately collide
We are embryos in a clinical petri dish dreaming of love
We've uncovered cut gems not yet polished
But I've got multiple scares
We are eggshells crushed by foes and friends
We are buried in dreams
We are living hopes
Slipping off avalanching slopes
We are leaving tentative steps
We are whispering cautions echoes
But all I know is I don't want to go on without you
All I know is I don't want to live or die without you
We are atoms that must ultimately collide
Please, please love, take my hand.
Love, we are bricks and mortar
We are submerging boulders
We are grains of sand
We are living hopes
Slipping off avalanching slopes
We are leaving tentative steps
We are whispering cautions echoes
We've uncovered cut gems not yet polished
We are memories with broken collar bones
We are bricks and mortar
We are submerging boulders
We are grains of sand
We are eggshells crushed by foes and friends
Love, let's not hesitate, darling, kiss me tonight.