the nectar that nurtures burns to poison,
the sweeping silence
of laughter forgotten,
the soaring spirit
returns as stone,
the things you loved
you left alone-Nausher

what blink of an eye,
whose tear,
whose stare
what fork on which road
is taking you where?
-Nausher

Separated by lightyears of silence and nightyears of stone
The words you speak to me are all unknown
In a crowded train on an empty line
I'm searching for someplace i can call mine
In the mirror of an hourglass naked i stand
My scars are hidden and safe in her hand=Nausher

I was too young to understand
But too old to forget
Naked on shifting sand
Hanging on by a thread
Walking through the door
Eyes clawed by dread
Your face is a mirror
Of that stranger in your bed-
Nausher

I awake to the groggy hangover of sanity
symmetry of line
infidelity of motion
on other continents
under darker skies
we might have been lovers of the light
here we are acquaintances
groping for the end of a line
in a confusion of options
I sit in half shadows
menu in hand
alternatives swimming dimming
saturated by choice
hunger unfulfilled
appetite satiated. Nausher

the sea is calling out the clouds again,
carrying stories of sanity to the insane,
there you lie scanning the miles,
free child of beauty or a caged reptile,
washing away black memories in white water,
diluting tomorrow's fears with yesterday's laughter
-Nausher

The night caresses secrets in a dream
Speaking of promises unspoken
The doors open to the wind of the first sun
And nothing recalled will ever be forgotten
You sat there a while scanning the miles
Free child of beauty and a caged reptile
You wish you could fly but dreams cloud the sky
The rain in your brain is washing them dry - Nausher

The sea is calling out the clouds again,
carrying stories of sanity to the insane,
there you lie scanning the miles,
free child of beauty or a caged reptile,
washing away black memories in white water,
tomorrow's fears with yesterday's laughter
-Nausher

The night caresses secrets in a dream
Speaking of promises unspoken
The doors open to the wind of the first sun
Walking shadows over your skin
You sat there a while scanning the miles
Free child of beauty and a caged reptile
You wish you could fly but dreams cloud the sky
The rain in your brain is washing them dry - Nausher

you laughed you are so clever
you are a walker on the waves
but your eyes are searching inwards
seeking shadows in light caves
you see queens give birth to lizards
your gods give birth to slaves-Nausher

you're swimming down rivers of mirrors
staring up the eyes of strangers
the flesh is not strong and the walls are too long
you've been searching for someplace you can belong
waiting for the train you lie awake in bed
dreaming of the dreams to bring back the dead-Nausher

Darkling you reach into the light
Sending spasms of memories into the night
Sweating palms clutching your shadows hand
You only survive because you dont understand
The wind carries voices but theres nobody there
The bush is burning but the mountain is bare
-Nausher

the mirror's cracked along the angles of my face
where do i belong in it's tangled embrace
the looking glass looks back at me in wonder
i look through the mask only to see a stranger
I peel off my skin, and enter - Nausher

There is no heaven and there is no hell
An ear to the ground and an eye on the hill
Building our memories on shifting sand
We look back to see an arid land
Waiting for the train we lie awake in bed
Dreaming of the dreams to bring back the dead- Nausher

Each seeking life in his own abyss
Hanging onto the other's silence
Waiting on night to deliver your bliss
Your mask is your soul in violence
The divine divided by divinity
Trapped in the madding throng
Walled in the other half of your insanity
Your dreams are all real your reality all wrong-Nausher

Was it paradise lost or paradise found,
was it safety you sought in 6 feet of ground,
were you tipping your eyes to make an impression,
wearing a face with a borrowed expression,
did the looking glass
look back at you in wonder,
did you look through a mask
only to see a stranger - Nausher

crawling down tunnels of destiny, looking for others under your skin, for all the people you are yet to be, and all the people you have been, washing away white memories with dark water, you peel off your skins and enter -Nausher

you are sitting naked on shifting sand,
a mirror and a mirage in each hand,
you dream a memory moving alone,
you call out but she is gone,
the road that brought you here
is dragging you back
the light you thought was near
is fading to black-Nausher

you catch it in your hand and watch it expire,barbwires in the sand, the blackness of fire,careful what you put in your head, the mirror said,it will stay with you forever, even after you're dead,you'll forget what you need to remember,but you'll remember what you need to forget-Nausher

you are sitting naked on shifting sand,
a dream and a memory in each hand,
you mirror a mirage moving alone,
you call out but it is gone,
the road that brought you here
is dragging you back
the light you thought was near
is fading to black-Nausher

Looking through masks
laughing through mirrors
memories forgotten
drowning in dark waters
absolutely completely eternally
in your eyes i see the rest of me
this morn i awoke dreaming i was a butterfly
this night i slept dreaming the butterfly was me-Nausher

i heard the sigh in your lies
i let you enter my veins,
Gave you my eyes
So you could see your own chains,
I've been standing by the window
Looking out for the train,
Then i looked inside
And it started to rain,
Through tunnels through doors
You ached you'd be free,
The doors lead to walls
And the labyrinth leads to me- Nausher

I tore open my skin
so you could enter my veins,
Gave you my eyes
so you could see your own chains,
I was standing at the window looking out for the train,
Then i looked inside and it started to rain,
Through tunnels and doors
you ached you'd be free,
The doors lead to walls
and the labyrinth leads to me- Nausher

I sat at the window and was looking out
Then i looked within and began to shout
Have i seen too little, have i seen too much
Am i guided by stars,maimed by a touch
Am i blinded by truth, enlightened by a lie
The die is cast in the blink of an eye
- Nausher

that we knew the night would pass,
that the love we lived could never last,
reflections blurred by shadows past,
that silhouettes would still roam free
beauty for a day, or a day of eternity-
Nausher

Walking walls into the night
Staring blind from wrong to right
Holding hard onto your shadow's hand
You only survive because you don't understand
There is a stranger in your head
Standing naked in the rain
Your mind is clear, he said,
But your soul is insane- Nausher

The night is done
Gone with the wind of the first sun
Dreams on ice, the river crossed twice
I want to be alone with me
A transparent layer in history-Nausher

Was it paradise lost or paradise found
did you buy safety with 6 feet of ground
tipping eyes with false impressions
wearing faces with borrowed expressions
the road that brought you here is dragging you back,
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N