To a Bond

To a bond, underneath A bridge between two trees Both blowing leaves into that great ravine You came swimming with me I like how you swim You do it with ease, you do it with ease Then an oar came down Struck that water, bad luck struck us down Bruised, removed you, brought you to shore Before they came for you Then I watched you disappear Dripping bloodstained footsteps smear Don't let the bleeding stop It's everything you've got In a body undergoing night surgery Enemy wants to cut into me I escaped in the nick of time Centipede floats by on a leaf I like how it floats It does it with ease, it does it with ease Then I saw you on the ledge Talked you down, talked your ear off then We walked around till you had to leave To catch a train at ten And gone around the bend But bound like Chinese feet Don't go unraveling, traveling into the blue Returned to look for you Couldn't say goodbye The porch light in my heart had gone out Had gone out in the dark Had gone out in the dark like flies