The Road

The road takes me on Through meandering mazes Into mists and hazes Till the time of dawn Fiery icicles swarm As Heaven's haughty torch Lies on azure porch With flames to charm Divine breaths plead Pink rose-buds to dance As swallows prance Little mouths to feed Drops of divine sorrow Quench the meadows' thirst Mighty pillows burst Doomed to weep and morrow Locks of green hair On the hills and dales Harks to soothing tales Lion in his lair Fangs of the Earth rise While a gaping hole Devours my soul As the last ray dies Water pillars fall Foaming fast in fury Ridden by Mercury As by Devil's call Lands bereft of lawns Wind in pain grieves Rainbow of fallen leaves Cursing, moaning pawns Watery fingers hold Sands' burning breast Wails a wrathful crest Secrets to unfold Ferries drown in a mad witch's frown Clowns thrust in the Fate's claws Satan sneers at human flaws Feathers caught in Persephone's crown Of the Devils' art Saw a rotten bow Broken arrow Aimed at Heaven's heart Shrouded trees in a cold clasp Beaten hard by ferocious hails Frozen fingers with icy nails Sting the heart, a cruel asp A silver crescent, gloomy and dim The night's coy lantern And the Hours' urn Drunk with ashes, filled to brim Centipede of light Rusty metal domes The road still roams I've run out of might...