Kindling (feat. Greet Death)

It's a star-soaked ladder,

Two beating hearts.

It's a dagger rising in the dark.

I've been watching ships go under.

Cold fingers drag the captain down.

Transfixed by violent thunder.

The hand of God can't save them now.

It's a blood-stained letter.

It's a siren's song.

It's a love that shines before it's gone.

I was walking the river facing

the water treatment derelict,

like a man on death's watch pacing,

searching for signs of passing ships.

Feeding through one lifespan to hold your suffering.

Swoon only to succumb to fearing.

I know not what lies ahead within the dark of night.

Signals lying distant among an endless horizon.

Kindling our lonely fires, we nurture our frozen dreams.