April Ethereal

It was me, peering through the looking-glass Beyond the embrace of Christ Like the secret face within the tapestry Like a bird of prey over the crest And she was swathed in sorrow, as if born within its mask Her candlelight snuffed, the icon smiled Emptiness followed by her wake I could clasp her in undying love Within ghostlike rapture the final word was mine She faced me in awe. 'twas a token of ebony colour Embodied in faint vapour Wandering through April's fire Compelled to grasp and to hold the one that was you I will endure, hide away I would outrun the scythe, glaring with failure It is a mere destiny I thought, a threshold I had crossed before The rain was waving goodbye, and when the night came The forest folded its branches around me Something passed by, and I went into a dream She laughing and weeping at once: "take me away" I don't know how or why, I'll never know WHEN