light was there for a time
sunny golden bright

cruel frost now bites and
blows the crackling blight

hope lives in children’s eyes
never to escape

life will crush the sparkle
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

why hello mr reason
wow where have you been

i’ve searched half a life
and here you’re walking in

why are you here now
i’ve learned to live without

go back to where you were
i’m with my good friend doubt

oh you want to talk
funny you should say

always had some questions
to ask you one fine day

but now the time is gone
shame you came so late

i have other things now
no time to waste on fate

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
funiture art nouveau

elixirs and magic rings
magenta fire in a jar

thick and heavy gold
tiffany eggs for the czar

pastel parisian cakes
hand stitched italian shoes

hornback crocodile leather
master barbers fine shampoos

bespoke tailor in a corner
adonis with fine liqueur

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 than dust
compared to love in
someone’s eyes

this black sea I sail
jolly flag at mast

board here at your peril
there’s no soul to last

only wind and spray
davey jones and I

crack your sparkling dreams
make a demon cry

dashing at the wheel
ever tho I be

hides the squall inside
the heartless hole in me

if I care a wit
send you on your way

know there is no love
those that wish to stay

only cutlass flashing
a dream to never be

only me and nothing
on this endless sea

i see you now oynx hair
watch the dark and sway

stars have flown the after
you bring another day

hope that strokes so softly
years that slip so fast

where’s the dream i had
where’s the things that last

a night a day a month a year
whispers in the wind

lashed to time of fire
burning while he grinned

hold me now and tighten
free me with your grasp

i can fade the world
love you with a gasp

black the soul rides these bones
evil ember crust

silver charm and laughter
cloak a seething lust

a wonder quite the spectre
makes a home inside

rips the love to crumbs
grips the heart to ride

used to be a shining thing
smiling happy spark

now there prowls a killer
home is in the dark