The Sea

Something broke the even surface, Camouflaged and partly blind, Parading fireflies In the orange light. Something nameless woke When we Closed our eyes to the burning salt On an island surrounded by the sea and the darkened earth. Each other's perfect luck And each other's pain Each other's promise And each other's guilt Each other's blessing And each other's curse Each other's everything Each other's loss Each other's blue sky Each other's rain Each other's sunlight And each other's night Each other's paradise And each other's hell Some things remain While others get lost I saw the writhing shapes of men Bathed in moonlight, Beautiful and monstrous, Were a song felt in the deepest bones, Felt the soothing wind like a lover's warmth, Were like butterflies With flailing wings Inside the palm Just a picture dear Swallowed by the sea, by the sea... Composição: Arno Menses / Markus Steffen