Gone To Hell

I have been there with you,

At your side in your descent;

All you wanted I gave,

Going ever further down,

And I have wept for it.

Why should I cry, why care -

The sorrow taking me

In it's arms - a lover

To take me away from you.

"Betray him," said sorrow.

"Leave him to his descent

To hell, let him lose and lose.

Love will never change this -

Though what you sought is there

Within him - it is lost."

Those around me repeat

The awful refrain; "It is lost!"

And I have wept for it.

I had offered my blood

And my tears to save you.

Would you have me join you,

Going down the road to hell -

Would you have me lose all

I have, as you have lost - yet

You laugh in the nightmare.

I remain in the land

Of the living as you go

Down the road all alone.

I weep in painful anger

For your descent to hell.

Wings

Take your wings, my angel -

Of shimmering quicksilver,

Pinions of moonlight
To carry you through the night.

Take your wings, my angel -

Once again fly destiny's
Long course across the sky,
Through the clouds, against the wind.

Take your wings, my angel,

Lift and spread their weight and breadth -
Soar through scattered stars,
Turning towards dawn's promise.

Take your wings, my angel,
Out of darkness bring your fire.
Come, bringer of light, sing -
Angel, flame on in your flight.

Pas De Deux

We dance on the edge

A pas de deux -

You raise me up

In proud élan -

You are my knight,

I your lady.

Turn me with grace,

Draw me to you -

Desired, I

Am on my knees,

Subject before you.

Extend your hand -

I open out

In arabesque.

Turn around - I

Run in despair

From you, circle

Back to you - leap,

Again lifted,

In vertigo -

On the edge between

Our worlds apart
We dance a pas de deux.

Found

My heart was lost to me, hidden

Away in a box, perhaps deep

Down under the sea, maybe left

Forgotten in some sad old house

In a corner or a cupboard.

So forgotten I didn't know

It wasn't there; just messages

And the pull of desperation...

Had I given it to Death, then,

That dark romantic seducer?

Wandering, for what not knowing,

Some distant voice, a reflection.

Then through a simple miracle

As may happen every day,

Like the sunrise, like coming home,

I found my heart, passion and song.

Pirate

A pirate plundered my heart,
Sailed away on the wide sea.
I had wined and dined him,
Given him willingly my gold,
Took him wantonly in my bed
So taken by his wicked charm.
Though he used me thoroughly
He has my heart, forgiven,
For I know what is ruling him.
He lost all he ever had for
Demon drink and a pirates life.
He is lost and sad and lonely,
Sailed away on the wide sea,
And has taken my heart away.

Alla Vita Alla Morte

You I recognize as one
Of Dionysus' holy band.
I, too, once served him well;
Musician - play, sing the song,
Drink the wine until it's gone,
I shall dance in the revel!
There are those that serve him
In mirth and light spirit -
They are not the holy ones,
Little weight to their service.
But you, I know, serve with all
Your sore soul, dedication
Down to the last drop, to death.

Night Lights

I love the lamps and lights of night,
Planes of shadow, areas of light,
Rhythm of rectangles, shades
Of gray on to black, walls and windows,
Of the incandescents' soft yellow,
Of television blue, flourescent white,
Along the blocks, among the trees,
Interior intimacies shining
In every street and corner
Through the anonymity of the night.