sleepless, I can barely stand to look at the light
there is a knock at the door and someone is saying
I didn\'t eat today or wash the black ink from my hands
from the pages I scattered across the floor
eyes swirling in a tattered mirage, I can see through
varnished truth buried under deceptive asphalt
dancing to the moon
to the moon of your love
I never knew you were a dragon, a boy filled
with romance in orange skies, I believed your face
lingered in the echo between these walls of hope
golden and marble in your demise
we lie in chains, torn from the inside, in these waters
breathing it in, reeling it in, revelling in burnished pleasure
polishing our elbows with stone
your salty tears are falling acorns through the years
carved out of impossible dreams
dancing to the moon
to the moon of your love
today I thought about you again
burning through a crimson sky, a poisoned lake
forgiven and perfect
ice blue, meandering between two possibilities
I cut myself from the ribbon of truth
the bondage I was fond of, fond of you
tortured opal in your blackberry tapestry
slanted window I look through
dancing to the moon
to the moon of your love.