first it's just a whisper
a scratching at your ear

then a quiet rumble
traveller drawing near

something asks for you
if you wouldn't mind

things you've spent are due
we're trying to be kind

nothing is so lonely
lick the icy shiver

now you understand
there's nothing in the mirror

light was there for a time
sunny golden bright

cruel frost now bites and
from the crackling blight

hope lives in children's eyes
never to escape

life will crush the sparkle
and from the glimmer scrape

show me joy you angel
how beautifully you ignore

was the light a mace
to lash the devil's *****

grasp the empty now
feel the ice embrace

scream now in fire
have no need of grace

rows and rows of decadence
chocolate covered dreams

gold and purple velvet
exotic coffee steams

haute coutre on sterling racks
staffed by aphrodite

cherry blossoms in the air
art to serve the mighty

gilded goblets fat with rubies
thick potions to control

ivory pipes on opal stands
pink smoke from their bowls

mahogany and marble
amber glass aglow

tinkling diamond chandeliers
furniture art nouveau

elixirs and magic rings
magenta fire in a jar

thick and heavy gold
tiffany eggs for a czar

pastel parisian cakes
hand-stitched italian shoes

hornback crocodile leather
master barber fine shampoos

bespoke tailor in a corner
adonis with fine liquor

any delicacy or art
for any type connoisseur

richly wrapped and waiting
your opulent desires

soak them drink them in
bask in their fires

all priceless things
based on human lies

worth less then dust
compared to love in
someone's eyes

felt the rain one day
sweet summer's only bliss

saw you in the sky
in your purple cotton bliss

the wind was softly singing
all the love you ever felt

found an isle of stars
where hearts forever melt

created to be close
like a willow by a stream

sleep on silver comets
shooting through a dream

black the soul that rides these bones
evil ember crust

silver charm and laughter
cloak a seething lust

a wonder quite the specter
makes a home inside

rips the love to crumbs
grips a heart to ride

once was a smiling thing
shiny happy spark

now there prowls a killer
home is in the dark

she has travelled in the dark
she knows its evil ways

she has the strength that only
comes from running with the strays

under thorns and demon hands
that wrap her soul with fire

roars a lion's fearless heart
and her beautiful desire

queen of all this path she treads
her fierce and gentle ways

what jealous stars above
that see her gorgeous blaze

the cage that binds the craving
the long for one true thing

days of past ring hollow
a constant screaming sting

just one door or window
a step left or right

i would leave this place
and travel starry night