- 10 Jan 2014, 17:45
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Farewell
It was the night she sat she wound
her heavy hair into a braid.
Farewell to freedom solitude,
farewell the empty bed, the quit room.
Oh, mirror, marry me and mine
and show me free reflect this hour
as I am now,
Eternally.
Time passed.
The years unwound she gave her breast to many mouths
She weaned she served she sewed she cleaned
A stranger to her house -
to peace.
But still her pact was sound
Each night her glass returned her
to her hour of
Calm.
Old now serene, the stranger whom she'd
wed long in her tomb - the moon's a slit
She ran her tresses through her comb.
The years fell back, the last bird died
No insect breathed the wind dropped
Nothing moved.
Time slowed.
Her mirror darkened time stood still.
A sound like singing brushed her and
A breath of smoke took shape
Within her glass,
Her groom at last.
Stepped through the mirror
Grasped the corner of the air
And drew her in,
So drew her - as a drop into a pool.
Back through the mirror
To her precious room
Her hour
Before this night
Before
Her sacrifice.
It was the night she sat she wound
her heavy hair into a braid.
Farewell to freedom solitude,
farewell the empty bed, the quit room.
Oh, mirror, marry me and mine
and show me free reflect this hour
as I am now,
Eternally.
Time passed.
The years unwound she gave her breast to many mouths
She weaned she served she sewed she cleaned
A stranger to her house -
to peace.
But still her pact was sound
Each night her glass returned her
to her hour of
Calm.
Old now serene, the stranger whom she'd
wed long in her tomb - the moon's a slit
She ran her tresses through her comb.
The years fell back, the last bird died
No insect breathed the wind dropped
Nothing moved.
Time slowed.
Her mirror darkened time stood still.
A sound like singing brushed her and
A breath of smoke took shape
Within her glass,
Her groom at last.
Stepped through the mirror
Grasped the corner of the air
And drew her in,
So drew her - as a drop into a pool.
Back through the mirror
To her precious room
Her hour
Before this night
Before
Her sacrifice.