Wither Go Watching

When the final dance is over

I'll be holding up the wall

with these eyes a thousand candles

years passing down the hall

I see you in your soft gown

wings of eternal lace

in a pirouette never-ending

your fall through the fingers of grace

 

When the last grave has been filled

I will stand me aside with my spade

bite down through layers of dust

lost civilizations have made

I will kiss your skin through a candle

ashes and blood of your name

with lips of ten thousand lovers

Godforsaken and soon to be slain

 

When the tide is a weeping of rivers

flames a face on the sand

I will shed my garment reveal

at last and for once who I am

Children awake in the forest

wander a garden of Moon

Sleep as Earth is your cradle

held in a moment of lune