Don't Lose Yourself

I felt my vocal chords weakening

I felt my concave thoughts

I felt my voluntary blindness

for staring straight into the sun

the romantic air of your eye patch

called me across the room

I clung there and danced with your silent

admired your divine tattoos

we slept in the shadow of a cedar tree

we made love on the rolling tide

we smelled the perfume of the waxing moon

we dreamt of all friendships kind

we touched the blood of the black cat

we pet the mammoth dog of tears

in the flickering light we were laughing:

"necessity conquers fear!"

don't lose yourself

don't let yourself be lost...

dreaming we were stones in black stillness

dreaming of the death of the sun

waking to a world of white blindness

painted eyes of the holy one

the death of the world was upon us

and the discipline of the wind

we see less and less all the time, dear

just look at this mess we are in

don't lose yourself,

don't let yourself be lost!...

staring at the entrance to the mine

I prayed for your wounds to close

tiger ointment and a cosmic collision

and the crucifixion of the rose

don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself...

don't lose yourself,

don't let yourself be lost...