Ten Things About Dawn

Ten Things

I

Beneath the fat and fragrant moon

Dawn lies sleeping - spellbound

Like a fish caught in a net

II

Until one red rose is in play

The game remains laid out upon the board

III

A man in the mirror

Is alone.

A man in blood and bone and velvet blue

Never is.

IV

Holy fuck, I wanted that man

More than I wanted water

Or maybe instead I wanted

To know how it felt

To be him.

V

Raindrops beat against the window

The soldier’s drum beat

Or his last bloody heart beat

As he marches down

(And down)

To the Labyrinth

An indecipherable cause.

VI

The Earl sits on his throne

Everyone pretends they do not see

The forest mud upon his boots

Staining the leather

Like the woman stains his name.

VII

I never loved you, love

For a moment I loved your sunlight smile

But I knew, too,

That you have a journey, love

High as the sky.

VIII

Every night the sunset fades

There is no fear

There is always a new dawn.

IX

It was sunrise

And it was sunset.

Hand upon hand

“I will never leave,” I promised

The man that I did not love.

X

A cold wind is blowing

The time has come for dying.

Ranae