I watched the smoke rise slowly from your tired
Eyes.Two columns formed a marble gateway to a
Starlit room. And , painfully, you raised your stick + led
Me through with promises of paradise, where nothing
Ever dies — it blossoms. I followed, pacified. No
Preconceptions, open-eyed. My faith worn on a
Shaky hand but hanging to your ribbons. We danced
Across the crystal ocean, we sheltered from the
Storm. We were warm inside a blacklight cavern —
Watched the red sky raining roman candles; washed
Our hands in amber — we ere married in the shade. A
Shadow band was serenading Adagio, then faded
Yellow, grey-green, purple, blue… A rainbow whirlpool
Pulled us down; we tiptoed sensless underground.
There was nothing we could hold but each other.
You murmered your apologies; I smothered you in
Sympathy. We crawled, we shivered to the mirror
Where you stretched your shaky hand — hung bravely
To my ribbons… And me? I watched your tired eyes
Slowly burning. Slowly burning. (Fade away)
