Carried Off

I thought I buried all my lovers

In the softest crystal sand

She was crashing on the shoreline

Just to pull away again

The holy dove was moving

My broken calloused hand

To caress her icy temple

So my memories could land

Carried off I was alone

In a tower built from stone

Witnessing the world below

Cold and far away from home

Trapped in the crucible of time

The narrow pathways of my mind

Only darkness could I find

My eyes were open I was blind

In a mansion cold and barefoot

I climbed the marble stairs

She greeted me in candle light

And vanished in despair

Trembling in disbelief

I turned to my past

To the scent of burning ebony

And shadows cast

Carried off I couldn't hide

The wind had spoken I'd arrived

Witnessing the memories

And all my choices in the sea

There wasn't anywhere to go

Nor any wisdom left to know

But in my mind I hear her poem

Finally carrying me home