And
I gazed into the eyes of Orpheus like jeweled vortexes
Oh Eurydice, set upon by a satyr, fallen in a nest of vipers
Moonlight is the underworld’s luminous summons
And, Madonna of the wounded cosmos, I am coming!
I was drowning in midnight’s black diamond seas
When these nightmares came walking towards me
The viper’s nest is the labyrinth of serpentine cities
In the crossfires of starlight I remembered my desires
What a grace that I was spared the miracles of Paradise
I had to die twice, once for desire, once for appetite
Madonna of the monsoons, the daughters of Ithaca are dead
Evangelist of the moon, witness the cruel beatitudes of spring
Fire-trails fromrevenant comets in the stars machineries, this is the EVENT! this is the END!
A flood of moonlight hits me like morphine in my veins
Fate’s fatal bite, take me to a luminous afterlife
And the gods are sobbing because of what they created
Burning radiant deities, witness your rampant devastations
I swallowed the jewelled eyes of Orpheus for a shot at transcendence
God/animal/machine, I witnessed the shock of lightning in a thundercloud furnace
Beauty is a cruel grace, I witnessed black swans floating alone on starless lakes
Even stars stay trapped in the sarcophagus sky I wanted you but I knew it was a fatal mistake
I witnessed forget-me-nots in the fog the breath of God and still I forgot your sublime majesties
Like a golem in the muddied meadows of Genesis, I awakened in graves of your halcyon days
Bring me a new golden world Orpheus—this one is growing as old as my tattered wardrobe
Why did I think I would live a beautiful life? Why did I survive?
Madonna martyr of dark gardens, I confess my devotion to desire
The nightmares have their lineages slithering at my spine
Madonna in the watchtowers, witness the blindness of the blessed
I received some of your splendours and lusted after the rest
Witness the wildfire bloodlines born from burning sunrise
Moonlight is the underworld’s luminous summons
I was drowning in midnight’s black diamond seas
When these nightmares (and their offspring) came walking towards me
