Sunday, May 20, 2007

Unexplained Melody

I heard her sad song in the night
                        with voice angelic, soothing calm
                        It woke me from my dreams afright
                        An eerie silence, then she was gone

                        Four days and months she came and went
                        The mirror of my shielded grief
                        And never was my sorrow spent
                        She stole it like the treasure's theif

                        Words would not live upon her lips
                        One minor melody would reign
                        To guide me - this forgotten ship
                        From waves of drowning, endless pain

                        I called her home to stay with me
                        She would not leave her lonely tune
                        And that sorrowful, solo symphony
                        Eclipsed my ignorant, hopeful moon

                        Shivering and shaking in this chair
                        Awake -- I cannot bear to rest!
                        Cradle the infant, stroke his hair
                        And feel the suckling at your breast

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