down at the crossroads
I fold my wings
breathing in flowers
burnt offerings

out of the darkness
into the light
light as a feather
soft as the night

crazed as a raver
craven and brave
low as the raven goes over your grave

take what you want from me
leave your control
down at the crossroads
give me your soul

the face of god
stares through the ruins
souls so dark
the stars shine through them

sparkling
and bringing joy
and light to sugar o'er the void

look in my eyes
you think you see through
mirrors not windows
you only see you

smooth as a well
I smile and I nod
but I am a maelstrom
beneath this façade

An open book
For me to see
A cryptic script
I cannot read

What hidden secrets
Does it hold?
I ask
Though I have seen your soul

I want to get
Inside your head
And learn your tongue
Your alphabet

To come to know you better
To decipher you
Letter by letter

one by one
storms come down and wash away
all my rough edges

causality is not a chain
it cannot be predicted
it cannot be quarantined, contained
it branches like a tree

entangled all together
we are raindrops in the delta
never knowing whether this river
will ever reach the sea

there is a darkness in us all
unseen behind our eyes

silent as a shadow falls
ancient as the sky

and though we shroud our souls in light
and hide behind the flames

sometimes
softly
in the night

the darkness calls our name

patiently
on my own little island
gaze into the sea

we change our plans
hold back our hands

with all our strength
and force of will

we hide away
another day

we tremble
and the Earth stands still

I am an enigma
that's what they all say
they read it correctly
I wrote it that way

some people don't want
to be figured out
weaving walls like vague waves
a labyrinth of doubt

every once in a while
you say something to me
that shows you may have seen
what not everyone sees

and I'm still a little
surprised at it all
that you of all people
have seen through my walls

words are wanderers
where do they come from?
seeds on the wind
was there ever just one?

a spell of wisdom
madness and love
words cast no shadow
what are they made of?

the heat of the day
blew the ashes away
the sparks and the flames
have returned

keeping fire deep inside
my silence was a lie
I can no longer hide
how I burn

imagine
the sun in a deep black sky
just another star