Your body covered like a complete tattoo
in colors underneath a skin brand new
Orange and black upon your frame
and even your heart was not the same

You were laid inside a shell of white
where you had spent a long, cold night
I saw you shiver and heard you dream
I did not know where you had been

When wings like doves spread open inside
after all the times and all I've tried
and now to see what I hoped so long
as your spirit fills with song

This broken heart of mine repaired
to see the reason that I dared
I realize now that the colors the monarch wears
are the same as what the tiger bears

Both of us are curious about the unknown
so why should we go there alone?
Let the wings of your new heart open wide
Take a breath – pull me inside