i drank the meaning of her words
as theft
she danced for chopin
but his request was that she left
the sea gave up his daughter for the moon
so weary she looked
as my arm lifts at noon
the fate of you and the world hung on his lonely choice
i cannot
but i would love to bury the dead again
reward and punishment are the walls of a city bare
and it is within your comfort i show the mirror
a panic of rich desire leaps up from your burning face
the face that shows your eyes was my sole victim tonight
it's for you
christ
that my bodies' here
you're bold with your anger and your love is shrewd
he is quick so beware
the cold pool waits just for you
pierced to the soul by heavens blade of dire shadows
where she speaks with her lord
her maker sits all alone
deeds are fruit
words are leaves
long shadows cast by old sins
she spoke of christ to the deaf and the poor
the woman of fatalism is here now
her heart creeps among shadows of sick children
the dying
graceful snow breaks her simple back