Untitled (Producer's Cut)

Poem for you to judge. First published in Learning to Fly (www.circlingsky.blogspot.com).



On the deserted pedestal
Lights go on and out. And all around
A thousand hands
Scream victory signs.
Heads nod so hard with more than understanding,
And then the symbol traced upon the heavens—
The followers of your creed. There’s no reason
To question the beliefs.
True are the word, the sighs, the spark of triumph,
The wings that grow from backs—
The wings of lovers.
Yours is the realm and yours is now the land.

Behind the shadows live
The sweet golden apostles,
The saviors of the cult,
The only ones who’re blessed. So beautiful, so young
These oh wild dreams of Eryx,
The purity in their soul
Has made them yours. Blindfolded by the light
They speak the sacred,
True cherubs of fidelity, the guardians of the sound,
All dressed up for you in the devil’s finest,
Have traded their spirits for delight,
For this moment, pray tonight alone.

Here lies the golden god
Just for the ones who listen. And back home on hell
Sly smiles call you fake.
But yours is now the key
Of all worldly dominions,
The power of a Genesis, a new land,
The power of this peace and this redemption,
All for you, you skinny dirty angel.
The freedom for the cursed, Albion in silver,
The promise of a man other than you
To stand up high and give away a sign for battle
In darkness, darkness bathed in diamonds until sunrise.