"J'accuse

Night provides the stage
Broken skies through window glass
Stab of lightening chains
At the next drum roll the curtains open
Let the nightmare commence
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Eyelids flutter
I hear her now
Scuttling crabwise
Across the halls of darkness
The silver spider begins to spin her web
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Sugar iced mountains reach to touch the stars
A Curlew’s cry echoes across the wetlands
The green fog fades and clears
My lady sips her camomile tea
And ponders on better days
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On the dust road
Passing figures cast no shadows
In her torn dress she is waiting
Blood rivulets trickle and drip
"J'accuse, "J'accuse
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A thousand Harpies inhabit my brain
Picking over the strands memory
To find the masking terror
Mouthing a silent scream
I struggle towards the light
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Up through the spent years
Slipping on my misdeeds
A foothold here and there
Provided by your love
Closer now
~
The candyfloss of silken threads
Tear and fall
I hear the strains of a half remembered melody
Somewhere in the swirling time mists
Elvis sings again