The Silence Between Words

Northern fire curves across heaven, still and soft time floats calm beyond the stars as the moon awakes It was here that I found your name and spoke it aloud the wind carried it to my ear Here I found you lying forlorn, in your neglected grave, lost with a tongue that has long been forgotten but I've found you now will you find me too when I lie, overgrown with weeds and thorns while I sleep, in deep silence, embraced by the dark earth alone, forgotten will you remember me, remember that once I called out your name? clawed away the thorns and briars from your tomb until my torn hands bled crimson upon the white marble my offering to you, my love? my heart's blood, dried so long ago will you bleed for me, as once I bled for you under pale moonlight I am lost kiss the coldness from my lips brush the damp earth from my cheek restore the honeyed flush that was once my youth I've waited so long, my love, so long and time is all I have