Lady Night

I walk alone into lady night

She wraps me in her black veils, wraps me tight

Her velvet touch on my weary eyes

Kisses softly

Windy sighs

Lady night in her grandeur flaunts jewels of light

Flirting with sir half-moon,

She shimmies slowly backs-o-mountains

Dips her hair in twilight

Walk alone into lady night

The woman’s discreet as a grave, and I know she’ll

Want your tears

Lady night’s got an appetite

For sorrow liquidated into pearls of light

One by one shell gather them to her breast

Kiss your lowered eyes and bid you rest.

She takes me to her tummy, I clutch her warmth

I know that I am falling

She delves into my mind, brings out my darkest thoughts

To keep her dark from dawning

(I know that’s what she wants)

I turn my back to lady night

My mind is clear

My pearls are in her satchel

I’ve paid my share of blackness to her.

Turn my back to the lady, though she calls

She calls…

But I am going to the dawn

And she can no longer

Keep me...