Within the Tree

I saw a man standing on the highest bough

Near the reservoir

And a coffin laid on the slope 

Behind a black car from which a man sought to fish

The other brought down from the highest bough

"Go quickly, now"

She said

I thought I could see it in her minds eye

"Through the backdoor, if there is any money left..."

So I walked as if brave enough to be

As the cars sped past and sirens hailed the secret quarantine of the soul

And the light started to fade

And the chill ran through

Not even the priests knew how long we had been gone

And the boots the witch once wore

Broke the frost bitten toes that worked the earth

And I breathe out through my mouth

And inhale through my nose

Hidden away like a diamond in the rough

Beasts will play this game with gods

And my right eye sleeps alive as the left eye reaps

The creatures from a willow's root

And mourning I wrote our names in the sand

And washed away our fingerprints at the river's edge

And the witch still sits by the window

Illuminating blood and infant's hand

While the villagers untie the goat and bury the silver in dust until the time when the sky folds over the hill 

And the sun and the moon twist a band

Of gold around our wrists

Nothing matters

No, nothing matters to me

Except my love for you

I'll always love you

I always have