Answer

If you were made of stone,

your kiss a fossil sealed up in your lips,

your eyes a sightless marble to my touch,

your grey hands pooling raindrops for the birds,

your long legs cold as rivers locked in ice,

if you were stone, if you were made of stone, yes, yes.

If you were made of fire,

your head a wild Medusa hissing flame,

your tongue a red-hot poker in your throat,

your heart a small coal glowing in your chest,

your fingers burning pungent brands on flesh,

if you were fire, if you were made of fire, yes, yes.

If you were made of water,

your voice a roaring, foaming waterfall,

your arms a whirlpool spinning me around,

your breast a deep, dark lake nursing the drowned,

your mouth an ocean, waves torn from your breath,

if you were water, if you were made of water, yes, yes.

If you were made of air,

your face empty and infinite as sky,

your words a wind with litter for its nouns,

your movements sudden gusts among the clouds,

your body only breeze against my dress,

if you were air, if you were made of air, yes, yes.

If you were made of air, if you were air,

if you were made of water, if you were water,

if you were made of fire, if you were fire,

if you were made of stone, if you were stone,

or if you were none of these, but really death,

the answer is yes, yes.