the song of a lost bird in the night

has freed me

forever

looking forwards or backwards

(from the series winds and spells)

the night the street lights were not lit

I learned

how well you can fold my shirt

still

you still hunt me

yet I cannot hide

away

deserted from my life

you occupy my dreams

there I give my heart away

instead of resisting

I did still believe in moments that are able to stand for themselves

he said and disappeared into the deep greenery of a spring morning

forever

restless things

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sloes

I pricked my fingers when I picked sloes

my toes froze when I picked sloes

and now it's the blood of those sloes that drip slowly onto my heart burning with its acid

shining with its blues

(in winter's skies

with tries

cries

and lies)

I cannot deny myself

I will sleep for hundreds of years

where is the now

I am

still your slave

my heart is fine

the longest winter in my life is over

I sleep in the past
I live in the future
just where is the now

the day I believed you
that my heart is fine

hold on, heart

hold on

we don't want to know the future
we want to know there is future
bright bright future

along the canals
you came

into the sea
you left

the leopards aren't that dangerous in the end,

he said,

and walked into the forest

along the canals you came
you came into my life

along the canals

followed and chased

by foxes and boats

fed with

blackberries and evening rain

you came into my life then