Citronella - The Guild League

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