We once walked unbeaten
Like unashamed lovers
In our mysterious
Garden of Eden
With soft smiles
Hands held tight
With a glint of Heaven
In our eyes
Every day and night
When we surveyed
Our New Kingdom
In ecstatic delight
But time and the heavy
Baggage of life
Stuck
Fates razor sharp
Ritualistic knife
Called
Lady Mistrust
Into the twin red balloons
Floating above us
That served as our
Unbreakable bond
Mine blew away
On June the fourth
And flew North
After yours
In May
Up to Somewhere
Where the
Starlings play
But
Oh how we had
Some fun
Though
Minds kept
Sharp
With emotions
Running hot
As our thoughts
Entwined
Underneath the
Midnight sun
So now with
Lips and voice
Unused
Mind
Bashful and bruised
I retreat
Into this
Great darkness
To stand
Sad and
Handcuffed
By the side of the other
Low men and women
In this new grey world
Swimming with
Father Darkness
In the shadows
Standing
Still
With nowhere to go
As his Devils sing
From high rocks
Their endless verse
Urging me to join
Their huge chorus line
"This is the price
Of love
Of our Brethren
When heartbreak
Consumes
Your soul
And holds
You in our
Eternal stocks
To line up
In the cold
And sing
To sing
The pain out.
This is the price
Of love
Of our Brethren
When heartbreak
Consumes
Your soul
And holds
You in our
Eternal stocks
To line up
In the cold
And sing
To sing
The pain out"
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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