Dangerous Country

As the evening swelled my feet were stilts,
So I slipped off as I’m known to do.
Against a night of autumn hue
The house stretched lamplight for a while.
You could almost see me for a while.

How could that last? The woods baited me.
Street performer eyes drew me in.
I got spooked when I heard wind
For the mist out here is a highwayman.
They say he’s a cruel highwayman.

It was a clumsy ambush he tried this time.
Between the roots and rocks I glimpsed his toe.
I walked the bystander’s row
Hoping to assuage a violent robbery.
I’ve got no heart for a robbery.

I’ll take you in veils, accept your lilt,
Or brave a full, hypnotic rise.
Seek me out. Know me now.
I am yours, Luna. I am yours.
I am yours, Luna. I am yours.

My mimicry saw me to the river
Where even he was loath to pass.
A flooded ground of leaves and grass
Shivered willingly at the shore.
It rippled wantonly at the shore.

A lily tried to pass for you
White and wet and disinterested.
She invited me to her bed
And promised me a quick sunrise.
She said the sun was on the rise.

I was dreaming now so why not float.
We’d make a crime-scene photograph.
But I drew breath and had to laugh,
There was a deeper din up on the hill.
There was a deeper chill up on that hill.

I’ll take you in veils, accept your lilt,
Or brave a full, hypnotic rise.
Seek me out. Know me now.
I am yours, Luna, I am yours.
I am yours, Luna, I am yours.

Dear stars turned their heads from me
To set mind on their distant glint.
I am in a mood to repent
Traveling through such dangerous country.
Find me in this dangerous country.

Please don’t flirt through the window.
On distant streets please be plane.
I know how you can be vein,
And that you smile for my rivals.
I’ve an eye on every rival.

Have you gone to bed my love
In the folds of a warm south sea?
I still need your augury
To mark my life as a new folk-yarn.
Tell me my own sweet folk-yarn.

I’ll take you in veils, accept your lilt,
Or brave a full, hypnotic rise.
Seek me out. Know me now.
I am yours, Luna, I am yours.
I am yours, Luna, I am yours.


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