Above human lands lived a beautiful bird with wings of silver and a voice of gold.

She said, ‘Blue Velvet Heart, draw a map for me;
    I follow my desire like sea-birds follow the sea.’

    There is no love where she was made,
A lawless soul migrating to wherever the winds take
Beneath her  gaze you light up like a city
    She speaks like white wine and holds you prisoner

‘Blue Velvet Heart,’ she cried, ‘Won’t you slip from your pride,
For it is much too steep for me to match your stride.’

    Her words licked his ear and he turned around,
Cautiously, curiously, he complied with the sound

The bird sang her song and he was took
The bird pierced his heart with one coy look
She disappeared beyond a cloud
Blue Velvet Heart was no longer proud
.