who are you
do you wonder about us
there beyond the stars

the
   serpent    
   casts  
 its
    long  
and      
winding      
shadow              
on my          
soul    
          even      
                  now    
                 it comes  
   between
          my dark                         
          ness                                    
  and                      
         the                    
light

sometimes I think
we hide                inside
so we can                      forget
the scale                         of it all
                 whenever         I            venture                 
      outside                        without       
 these                      walls
I am so small

there is so much violence
it happens every day
voices loudly silenced
no one knows what to say

peace follows me like the Moon
and draws my eyes her way
the world screams in the face of doom
I look the other way

deep within the mindless unknown
wilderness of dark and cold
        brave                      oasis      
bright warm place
of tenderness
of hope

ever braver
the maneuvers
of the lovers
in the clover

all a quiver
more than ever
and the river
runneth over

silver Moon
swimming in the dark river
sparkling in the rain