Take me away into your desert, 

take me away into your jukebox, 

where your melody stirs a breeze, 

ruffling pink and tangerine petals, 

summoning spring in the barrel cactus. 

Where my weight dissolves 

and I slide out of my mind, 

from the lightness of a snuggle, 

curled on cool sand 

under a flannel blanket, 

warming in the morning sun. 

Where red boulders hold the shade, 

and the whiff of coffee,

with a giggle, 

is the world. 

Let me surrender 

to the tunes of your jukebox.