The Sea

Something broke the even surface,
 Camouflaged and partly blind,
 Parading fireflies
 In the orange light.
 Something nameless woke
 When we
 Closed our eyes to the burning salt
 On an island surrounded by the sea and the darkened earth.
 Each other's perfect luck
 And each other's pain
 Each other's promise
 And each other's guilt
 Each other's blessing
 And each other's curse
 Each other's everything
 Each other's loss
 Each other's blue sky
 Each other's rain
 Each other's sunlight
 And each other's night
 Each other's paradise
 And each other's hell
 Some things remain
 While others get lost
 I saw the writhing shapes of men
 Bathed in moonlight,
 Beautiful and monstrous,
 Were a song felt in the deepest bones,
 Felt the soothing wind like a lover's warmth,
 Were like butterflies
 With flailing wings
 Inside the palm
 Just a picture dear
 Swallowed by the sea, by the sea...
 Composição: Arno Menses / Markus Steffen