Bright Dead Star

The hummingbird sings but soon come

Byebye blackbird the harsh night

And I read in the tealeaves

And scan in the stars

Marked the trails of moths

The light shall leave you all

Excuse me–that voice that falls from stone

Perhaps it was the word saying a word–

Ugaritic

Speak that word whilst the sea falls

And moths swirl and clouds call

The light is leaving us all

Spring is coming–so they said

Spring is moving

In the whirlpools

And the Moon is as full

As the sea is as deep

And in the clouds

The shadows creep

And the light is leaving us all

Sweeping down like foxes

Who have heard in the dust

News travels hard from heart to dark

Rumours of war hum softly

And on their paws black rolls the chariot

Over the plains and waves

The light is leaving us all

In other faces the eyes twitch and switch

Back and forth king fall queen fall

Silence shouts

Shut lock shut door shut lights out

Trees fall–the taste of your face

Our first kiss said–

The light is leaving us all

Under which star shone that?

You sang which sky is that?

You sang and pointed north and south

I see you didn't see

Bright dead star fallen

You looked east and west

And he birds sang so sweetly

The light is leaving us all

So suddenly nothing was you

Your hair so fair I recall so well still

And then the light left you quite

I dreamt I lived on a hill

In that dream where the real

Is just dots on my lap

The light is leaving us all