It came from dismal shadows

Creeping, sudden, from behind.

fell upon my merry whistle

darkened me at heart and sight.

Back with me, one again with the memory

Again I behold the ruins

that I left when I was all devoured by wrath.



Last night out in the timber

a thousand torrent's vehemence

came rushing through my veins

Up my throat and filled the eyes,

And then that I knew

all pain will be undone

When I pack my bags

And depart for lonely roads



And with courageous verve I stride

chop the heads off flowers aside, still wondering



How come you never bleed

When I stab right into your back.

How come you never choke

When I drown you in the sea.



Merely hours passed

that I had left him to his mountains

his colossal idols - one for every spear in me.

Slopes so steep,

I could not conquer in a lifetime.

Now they're all but ruins,

Ruins I left behind.



And with courageous verve I stride

chop the heads off plants aside, still wondering



How come you never bleed

When I stab right into your back.

How come you never choke

When I drown you in the hot and burning sea.



There is always one waiting for me, my beloved

I shall be with her again so soon.

craving for her lips, her kiss

Her hair in summer winds

The morning dew dripping down her breasts.



Shadows and Flames.



I have been demure

Cries were silent but heart ablaze.

have been one of his shadows

Condemned to stray an unlit maze.

My feet are numb, soles torn wide open

After endless years of clambering

My path is lit and leads me north.



And with courageous verve I stride

chop the heads off flowers aside, still wondering



How come you never bleed

When I stab right into your back,

How come you never choke

When I drown you in the hot and burning sea?