Garden of Graves

Duet of the Women

2007-02-12T22:59:00.000+08:00

…Sweet to ride forth at evening from the wells.
When shadows pass gigantic on the sand,
And softly through the silence beat the bells
Along the Golden Road to Samarkand.

We travel not for trafficking alone;
By hotter winds our piery hearts are fanned:
For lust of knowing what should not be known
We take the Golden Road to Samarkand…

I danced on the eve of battle
I sang for the men I’ve lost and loved
I was a princess, I was a queen
To my tribe I was free and beloved

I am wrapped in veils and robes
Bright rings on my fingers and toes
I am a mother, I am a wife
I am a woman with no enemies, no foes

We are the women of the sand
We are free and we are caged
Isolated islands, no foe, no friend
Waiting for others to turn our page

The concert of storms whips around
The magic of stars forsake our kind
Our lives, our loves, never to be found
Because fate is blind, oh she is blind

I defied him, I felt no fear
I endured them, I felt no pain
My pride trampled, my heart broken
But I will fight again

I look upon my sister
I am torn apart, conflicted
She is so strong, she is so brave
Am I to be forever a ‘woman’ depicted?

We are the women of the sand
We are free and we are caged
Isolated islands, no foe, no friend
Waiting for others to turn our page

The concert of storms whips around
The magic of stars forsake our kind
Our lives, our loves, never to be found
Because fate is blind, oh she is blind

Sweet to ride forth at evening from the wells.
When shadows pass gigantic on the sand,
And softly through the silence beat the bells
Along the Golden Road to Samarkand!

We travel not for trafficking alone;
By hotter winds our piery hearts are fanned:
For lust of knowing what should not be known
We take the Golden Road to Samarkand!

We are the women of the sand
We are free and we are caged
Isolated islands, no foe, no friend
Waiting for others to turn our page

The concert of storms whips around
The magic of stars forsake our kind
Our lives, our loves, never to be found
Because fate is blind, oh she is blind

We are the women of the sand
Isolated islands, no foe, no friend
Doomed to lifetime behind walls
We smile until the world falls…

Luna My Love

2007-02-12T22:57:00.000+08:00

a perfect lonely pearl is sailing
the waves of the stellar sea
glowing within her melancholy
she is weeping silently

earthly seas reach out to hold her
each night they yearn to be
embracing the sorrowful floater
that drifts by endlessly

come to me, come to me
tell me your secrets

share with me, share with me
give me your pain

sing for me, sing for me
those silent melodies

that echo through eternity

empty lonesome rivers flowing
with tears she cannot cry
her parched lunar floor is sighing
her face is cold and dry

gazing forever she is burning
with the inferno she yearns
luna my love, my faraway darling
what she dreams of it never happens

luna my love
my faraway darling
luna my love

the silent eye that watches through eternity.

Raincloud

2007-02-12T22:54:00.000+08:00

in the night
shadows crawl
in the dark
raindrops fall

ever onward
hurtling downward
floating, falling
silent sounds

i am the raincloud
and i am the mother
of thousands of children
i send from the heavens

hungry land
gaping seas
reaching out
devouring

ever onward
hurtling downward
crying, calling
silent sounds

i am the raincloud
and i am the mother
of thousands of children
i send from the heavens

i birth my sorrows
and i birth all my pain
i'm always believing
i've nothing to gain

i send my children
to their deaths
i give the world
the gift of life

i am the raincloud.

Bonny Portmore

2006-07-14T00:24:00.000+08:00

O Bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think of you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had before
All the lords of Old England would not purchase Portmore

O Bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see
Such woeful destruction of your ornament tree
For it stood on your shore for many's a long day
Till the long boats of Antrim came to float it away

All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep
Saying, "Where will we shelter and where will we sleep?"
For the oak and the ash, they are all cutten down
And the walls of bonny Portmore are all down to the ground

O Bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think of you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had you before
All the lords of Old England would not purchase Portmore

-- Traditional

Without Us

2005-10-27T22:35:00.000+08:00

I am air, and you are fire
I am vital to your existence
Only I can give you life
Without me you cannot be.

You are the rain, and I am the earth
Without you I cease to live
I look into the sky waiting
To feel your caresses upon me again.

I am the Moon, and you are the stars
We could very well do
Without each other
But together we make the night sky whole.

We are two people
In two different places
But our hearts and souls are one

Without me you cannot be.
Without you I cannot be.

My Faceless Love

2005-08-23T00:37:00.000+08:00

You lack eyes
But you can see my heart
And even though there is a void in your face
I think you are perfect, perfect

You lack ears
But you can hear my voice
And even though there are spaces on your head
I think you are perfect, perfect

You lack a nose
But you can sniff my emotions
And even though there is a gaping hole in you face
I think you are perfect, perfect

You lack lips
But you still speak to my soul
And even though there is but a gash upon your chin
I think you are perfect, perfect

You lack skin
But you can feel my love
And even though you are but flesh and blood
I think you are perfect, perfect

You lack a face
Limbs, fingers, toes
Torso, apendages
But your spirit remains

Our love transcends the physical
The material is fleeting
My faceless love
I think you are perfect, perfect

The Wraith

2005-07-22T21:37:00.000+08:00

Have you seen me floating by?
Waiting beneath the twilight sky?
Have you seen me shed my tears?
Unveiling all your deepest fears?

I am the wraith of your longing
The dark nymph that's belonging
To the recesses of your broken heart
And pierces sharp just like a dart

Have you heard my singing voice?
Inaudible like the slightest noise?
Have you heard me call your name?
Defiling you in all your shame?

I am the wraith of your darkest hate
Your life I've knotted intrinsicate
Pulling and tugging you grow tight
Unaware of your impending plight

Have you felt my loving kiss?
Soft and gentle, so easy to miss?
Have you felt my sharpened nails?
Deep dark gashes, crimson vales?

I am the wraith of your own life
I am your own suicidal knife
You want me to take you quickly
But!

You've already drowned in your own self-pity.

The Black Lace Fan

2005-06-29T22:37:00.000+08:00

His bloodshot eyes follow her
As she makes her way from wall to wall
She hides from the tongues of others
But still she hears him call

She can see from his lupine eyes
They are not the same
Yet amongst the others in this hall
Only they both know the game

His gaze burns into her skin
Even as she holds up her black lace fan
Memories from centuries long ago
Are never forgotten in the time of Man

Her undead heart weeps at his feet
His bestial soul is in her stand
Creatures of the night and moon
Enigmas like her black lace fan

The dawn is creeping like a fiend
As they both stand in the empty site
He stands before the broken window
Shielding her from the cruel light

She points her pistol at his heart
Her silver eyes are hard as rocks
Unafraid he snarls and reaches out
To touch and finger her raven locks

He kisses her lips of blood
And she squeezes the pistol's trigger
A final gasp and he sags in her arms
Lodged in his heart a bullet of silver

A single tear falls from her eyes
As she embraces her wolf-man
He falls and the sun consumes them
Till nothing left, but her black lace fan

My Lagan Love

2005-06-29T22:31:00.000+08:00

Where Lagan stream sings lullaby
There blows a lily fair;
The twilight gleam is in her eye,
The night is in her hair.
And, like a love-sick lenanshee,
She hath my heart in thrall;
Nor life I owe, nor liberty,
For Love is lord of all.

And often when the beetles horn
Hath lulled the eve to sleep,
I steal unto her shieling lorn
And thro' the dooring peep.
There on the cricket's singing stone
She spares the bog wood fire.
And hums in sad sweet undertone
The song of heart's desire.

-- MacCathmhaoil

Josephine de Beauharnais

2005-06-28T23:07:00.000+08:00

You lived a short yet impressive life
From nothing to everything
Had your share of pleasure and strife
Alternating between extremes
But never falling in between

Dear Josephine do have faith
You were loved to the grave
And beyond more so still
Violets, above you and in his heart
Your souls will never be apart

Sapphic Romance

2005-05-27T18:57:00.000+08:00

You're so beautiful you make me cry
You're so wonderful you make me fly
You hold my hands, so soft and loving
Only you can make my sad heart sing

My black hair mingling with your locks of gold
Your blue, blue eyes so warm, never cold
You take me in your arms and hold me tight
Only you can let my heart take flight

Then I wake up and you're lost behind
Hidden in the recesses of my mind
Try as I may I cannot bring you back to me
A beautiful dream, elusive as dreams are wont to be

Desert Child

2005-05-11T20:51:00.000+08:00

I was born of the desert
A flower of the sang
Queen of the Harem
Lover of the Sultan

But no more a rose
Of my people
All that died
The strangers came

The sands were washed
With the blood of men
The sky turned red
With tears for our deaths

They rose from beyond the dunes
They took all our land
Took away our jewels
Took away our men
Took away our lives
Took away our dreams

We had thousands
They had few
But our horses were no match
For their drills

We were beaten, we were chained
We were driven from our land

Did You witness the destruction
Did You cry, did You weep
Where were You? Where are You?

As our kingdom fell to ashes
Did You help, did You try
Where were You? Where are You?

I was born of the desert
A flower of the sand

Now a flower no more.

Victimia

2005-05-06T20:18:00.000+08:00

Not alive, yet not dead
A massive corpse
Or abandoned doll?

Why are you ugly
And why does your baby
Look so horrid?

The moon laughs
And casts her lovely eye.

The sisterhood of women
Is but a beautiful
Illusion.

In the cosmos of outerspace
And innerspace
And seed.

Seeds of life
Or death?

Cinema Paradiso

2005-05-02T16:26:00.000+08:00

Se tu fossi nei miei occhi per un giorno
Vedresti la bellezza che piena d’allegria
Io trovo dentro gli occhi tuoi
E nearo se magia o lealta

Se tu fossi nel mio cuore per un giorno
Potreste avere un’idea
Di cio che sento io
Quando m’abbracci forte a te
E petto a petto, noi
Respiriamo insieme

Protagonista del tuo amor
Non so se sia magia
O lealta

Se tu fossi nella mia anima un giorno
Sapresti cosa sono in me
Che m’innamorai
Da quell’istante insieme a te
E cio che provo e
Solamente amore

-- Allesio De Sensi

Reign of Flames

2005-04-09T01:11:00.000+08:00

I am the power
From the embers within
I am the force
Of the motions of life

I am the rebirth
Of the light and shadow
I am the source
That life is drawn from

I am the prayer
To cleanse body and soul
I am the heat
To warm your frozen hearts

Earth.
Metal.
Air.
You shall bow to me!

Crowned with danger
Blessed destruction
But I am unscathed
For I was borne to rule
The reign of flames

Down by the Salley Gardens

2005-04-05T00:20:00.000+08:00

Down by the Salley Gardens
My love and I did meet;
She passed the Salley Gardens
With little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy,
As the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish,
With her would not agree.

In a field by the river
My love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder
She laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy,
As the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish,
And now am full of tears.

- William Butler Yeats

Seven Stars, or Ariadne's Lament

2005-04-01T00:52:00.000+08:00

I'm sorry I cannot love thee
I'm sorry but I've tried
Seven stars you gave me
Seven tears I cried
But for you I'll gladly die

Utterly pure they called me
Utterly pure I am
Mistress of the Labyrinth
An undiscovered gem

He came to kill my brother
Severed my only cord
For a ball of thread
For a magic sword

I'm sorry I cannot love thee
I'm sorry but I've tried
Seven stars you gave me
Seven tears I cried
But for you I'll gladly die

Fourteen down to seven
Seven down to one
Utterly pure was my young heart
Blind to the horned crown

My flight was a rebirth
My sleep, as a bride
My waking was my very death
For he had left my side

I'm sorry I cannot love thee
I'm sorry but I've tried
Seven stars you gave me
Seven tears I cried
But for you I'll gladly die

So gently you held me
So pure was thy love
You clothed me in thy bassaris
Took me to thy trove

There you made the sacred wine
Crowned by leaves of gold
You showed me how to laugh again
Thy hand for me to hold

I'm sorry I cannot love thee
I'm sorry but I've tried
Seven stars you gave me
Seven tears I cried
But for you I'll gladly die

I was not the only lover
But I was the only love
You could be lusty as a satyr
Yet gentle as a dove

But my heart is burdened
A brother's death, a lover's jilt
Betrayal to my country
How could I live with this guilt?

This guilt
This heart
Utterly pure
Tainted and stained

This guilt
This life
Undeserving
Of the love you bring

I'm sorry I cannot love thee
I'm sorry but I've tried
Seven stars you gave me
Seven tears I cried
But for you I'll gladly die

I'm sorry I have to leave thee
I'm sorry but please don't cry
Seven stars you gave me
Seven tears you cried
Seven stars now high up in the sky

Seven stars now high up in the sky...

Rapunzel

2005-03-28T16:46:00.000+08:00

Lonely teardrops falling
No one hears me sing
I have never seen the land
Nor have I seen the sea

Set me free!

"Let down your hair
Come down from there..."

I've waited so long to hear these words
But no one ever did say them
No one ever did say them
No one ever did...

Emotional Homicide

2005-03-28T16:41:00.000+08:00

Time is racing and I cannot hide
I'm burning like hell up here inside
There's something I want that I cannot bide
These feelings I have, I'm terrified

Days turn to weeks and I've been insane
A single thought inside my brain
Every moment of my life
Sharpening my internal knife

I stand here
Poised
And I'm ready
To kill what's there
Inside of you
Emotional homicide!

The deed is done and I'm soothed inside
I never die without a fight!
Crazy and driven, mad as a mite
Now that I live, I'm satisfied!

Lost

2005-03-09T22:08:00.000+08:00

Where am I going?
What shall I do?
After I kicked you out
There's nothing to do

No one to focus my energies
No one to think of
No one to fondly smile at
No one to fantasize

Don't get me wrong
I don't want you back
I've seen through your skin
And read through your skull

But I'm supremely bored
Sick of this dry spell
You stupid idiot
You brought this on me!!

Der Morgen Danach

2005-03-07T19:35:00.000+08:00

Dieses alles schreib ich dir
Und mehr noch brcht ich zu Papier
Knnt ich in Worten alles Leiden
Meiner Liebe dir beschreiben
Nicht die Botschaft zu beklagen
Sollen diese Zeilen tragen
Nur - Ich liebe Dich - doch sagen

Heute Nacht erhlst du dies
Ich bete da du dieses liest
Im Morgengrauen erwart ich Dich
Ich warte auf dein strahlend Licht
Ich trume da du mich bald siehst
Du morgen in den Schatten kniest
Und mich zu dir ins Lichte ziehst

Dies ist der Morgen danach
Und meine Seele liegt brach
Dies ist der Morgen danach
Ein neuer Tag beginnt
Und meine Zeit verrint
Dies ist der Morgen danach

- Tilochka Wolffik, "Der Morgen Danach"

Lacrimosa - Day of Tears

2005-03-06T19:47:00.000+08:00

Lacrimosa dies illa,
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo resus.

Huic ergo parce, Deus
Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona eis requiem.

Lacrimosa, lacrimosa!

- Traditional

Wussy Pussy

2005-03-02T21:30:00.000+08:00

through the tears and the shit
i see now that while
i was the tears

you were the shit.

Unreadable

2005-02-12T15:12:00.000+08:00

are you just being nice?
or being special?
because i cannot tell

you look at me like that
then you turn away
and look somewhere else

but who cares.

i'm happy inside
we are friends
and if it happens, it happens

Save the Best for Last

2005-02-06T20:21:00.000+08:00

sometimes the very thing you're looking for
is the one thing you can't see

and now we're standing face to face
isn't this world a crazy place?
just when i thought our chance had passed
you go and save the best for last

-- vanessa williams

Tears

2005-02-05T16:10:00.000+08:00

why did this have to happen
why did this have to end

i drive myself to depths of insanity
wanting you the way that i do

after all...
after all...
you never looked my way before
you never saw me there

but i'll always see you
even with my eyes closed
i can see you
even with my heart in tears
i can see you
even when the rain stings and numbs my senses
through the water and the shit

you're always there.

but not for me.

Unendurable

2005-02-04T19:55:00.000+08:00

i hate this
i truly hate this
it hurts and twists inside
because i don't know what goes on
in your mind

please don't do this to me
don't come up to me then shut up
don't give me a rose then snatch it back
because leading me on is like
leading a calf to slaughter

but
you aren't leading me on
maybe i don't even exist
that i'm reading too much in your actions
that we can only be friends

yes this is it
that's all you have for me
i'm glad this only lasted for a week or so
but i know
i know i'll always be fond of you

you make my heart sing, for joy, for grief, for life.

How Dare You

2005-02-02T23:27:00.000+08:00

How dare you
How dare you make her upset?
Screw up her life?
Make her feel guilty for something she didn't do?

How dare you
How dare you ever return to her life?
Destroy her faith?
Turn the world she'd rebuilded upside down?

How dare you
How dare you--
With fake pretensions and false emotions
Make her cry, weep and despair all over again?

Even If

2005-02-02T22:43:00.000+08:00

Even if you don't love me
At least you don't hate me

Even if "we" don't exist
At least there's "you" and "me"

Even if you've lost all your limbs
At least you've still got your heart

Even if you're all alone in this world
At least you know that I will always be fond of you.

Beautiful Yet Not Perfect

2005-01-31T22:50:00.000+08:00

Physically he has blemishes
Scars on his face
A dislocated knee
But the harmony of his features
Takes my breath away

He might grin
And make funny faces
When I say something strange
But the attention he gives me
Takes my breath away

Beautiful yet not perfect
That's what describes him best
He gives me heart palpitations
And a giddy-headed feeling
Because he makes me so happy
So happy to be around him
I laugh at him
He laughs right back at me

And he just makes my heart sing out for joy

He Touched My Hand

2005-01-12T20:42:00.000+08:00

he touched my hand
on the pretext of shaking it
and ran a finger down my palm

he touched my hand
on the pretext of shaking it
and with his other hand rubbed my arm

he touched my hand
on the pretext of shaking it--

i kicked his nuts
on the pretext of friendly charm.

You Brought Me Up

2004-12-19T22:42:00.000+08:00

You promised me gloves
From the skins of the fishes
The smile of a dolphin
For a ring in my hands
But you left me nothing
But a mouthful of air
And promises as wide as the ocean

- de Paor

Requiem

2004-12-19T21:57:00.000+08:00

O great Mother of the Earth
Please bless this daughter of thine
Show her the light
Show her the sign

O great Mother of the Earth
She must not be of blame
For while she has taken two daughters
She is our sister all the same

O great Mother of the Earth
Please bless this daughter of thine
Bless the life ahead of her
Forgive her sins behind
Bless your unborn daughters
May happiness they will find

Invisible Woman

2004-11-18T21:33:00.000+08:00

you can't see me
you can't see me
look right through me
i am the invisible woman

don't look at me
don't look at me
transparency is my talent
i am the invisible woman

Grinning and Screaming

2004-11-13T13:04:00.000+08:00

Grinning and screaming
Screaming and grinning
Teeth and noise
Lips and tonsils
Everything on display

The Neighbour's Cats

2004-11-08T18:29:00.000+08:00

Striped and spotted like a hyena
Sleek and graceful like a panther
Compacted like a mini A-bomb
Rubbing it's head on my legs

Soft-white with a little spot of gray
Bluish-green eyes that capture
The soul and turns it to putty
Staring and never moving

Yet another one, young and sleek
Barely past kittenhood
Sits perched on the windowsill
Watching, watching and learning

Wuthering Heights

2004-11-05T13:15:00.000+08:00

Heathcliff
It's me I'm Cathy
I'm come home
I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window

- Kate Bush

Last Rose of Summer

2004-11-03T20:09:00.000+08:00

So soon may I follow
When friendships decay.
And from love's shining circle
The gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flow'n,
O! who would inhabit
In this bleak world, alone?

- Traditional

The White Cat

2004-11-02T13:29:00.000+08:00

I met a little cat
When a'walking to school today.
She pricked her little kitty ears
And stole my heart away.

She rubbed herself against my leg
And wound herself about.
I scratched her behind her kitty ear
And almost saw her pout.

But the bell rang and I got to go
I told her I could not bear.
But after school I looked for her
She simply wasn't there.

All Because of You

2004-11-01T01:34:00.000+08:00

My hidden past, my hidden path
An obvious mistake, but you release the pain
Because of ye, I am now free
But life is not as easy as ye think
As singing this one song
But ye held me, you taught me
To live.

I Feel a Part of Me Is Dead

2004-10-31T01:55:00.000+08:00

'Tis gone, 'tis gone
Privy lamentations
Of unrequited love
And induced regurgitation

'Tis gone, 'tis gone
Childlike declarations
Of faith and sisterhood
And reduced imagination

'Tis gone, 'tis gone
Over yonder cyber hill
A blog has croaked
That part of me is dead.

Peace Hotel

2004-10-31T01:46:00.000+08:00

Never lament, never weep
Memories of love are yours to keep
A pact of blood
Gone to the mud
But still the roses are asleep.

Danny Boy

2004-10-30T01:12:00.000+08:00

And when ye come, and all the flow'rs are dying
If I am dead as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an Ave there for me

And I shall hear the softly tread above me
And on my grave will warmer sweeter be
And you will hear and tell me that you love me
And I will sleep in peace until you come to me

- Traditional

Beetle

2004-10-29T23:57:00.000+08:00

Little beetle, little beetle
Such a proud golden glower!
Ach, ach
But thou art trapped
In yonder plastic cover.

Cuckoo

2004-10-29T21:32:00.000+08:00

The bird chirps to herself
Sings to the tree
And the butterfly says,
"Oh what a cuckoo
What a cuckoo-cuckoo-cuckoo
Oh what a cuckoo she is."