April Ethereal

It was me, peering through the looking-glass
Beyond the embrace of Christ
Like the secret face within the tapestry
Like a bird of prey over the crest
And she was swathed in sorrow
As if born within its mask

Her candlelight snuffed, the icon smiled
Emptiness followed in her wake
I could clasp her in undying love
Ghostlike rapture the final word was mine

She faced me in awe

It was a token of ebony color
Embodied in faint vapor
Wandering through April's fire

Compelled to grasp and to hold the one that was you

Compelled to grasp and to hold
The one, that was you

I will endure, hide away
I would outrun the scythe, glaring with failure

It is a mere destiny I thought
A threshold I had crossed before

The rain was waving goodbye

And when the night came
The forest folded its branches around me
Something passed by, and I went into a dream
She, laughing and weeping at once: "Take me away"

I don't know how or why
And I'll never know when