…can I follow you

On this road
where nobody else travels
nameless, I walk in dreams
my words senseless
my turbulent mind
longing for this night to pass

low but constant
burns the flame of love
lying between flesh and bone
magnificent days
magnify my pain
love is a blind path
turning into a labyrinth
a lovely blossom trail

where my dreams lead me forward
my eyes open to the light
I am naked in the rain
and my soul bathes
in the blue mirror
of your eyes

oh, how I fell
and oh, how far it seems
for the earth to reach to the sky
this floating world
these shores
where dark waves beat
only the wind is sighing by

I can hear a leaf
falling on the ground
one fatal footstep
one small candle
one tragic minute
then only ashes
scattering in the winds

only heartbeats short of eternity
only in my dreams
can I follow you
and only my love
remains
© Ann Bagnall
2012