lily of the midnight sky
Singer:bruce cockburn
over the slow slide of continents
over the salt pans pipelines masts and pavilions
shimmering crescent moon recedes into working dawn
lone crow against pallid sky
single plume of white smoke on yellow speckled plain
yellowing leaves sparkle in cold breeze
wave patterns among wave patterns
particles disperse and rejoin
dissolve and reform like the lining of a womb
the cold of your absence blows from
the balcony with clothes waving good-bye/hello
don't i know that you're always around
shooting into a forest of flowers
petals float into pink crimson white
flutter into mountainous distance
flutter like a stadium full of applauding hands
i raise a fist to the marauding sun that has hidden you away
i'm the rag in a bottle of gasoline
shining on the panther skin of night
mirrored in a black lake in a night that glistens like blood on gold
i should be able to touch you somehow
while you look from on high
put on my dog mask and howl for you