Midnight Theater, 17 - 10 - 2008

Sestina of a Lover


Hearken to me, my sweet, my love,
My reason, my heart, my life.
You have ceased to visit my grave,
on the blazing heat of day,
And at night, when it is dark.
Wherefore all the promises that you gave me, with your kiss?

Yes, I do remember the way you kiss.
Our feelings were as stars, as a pillar of love
So tall, glimmering in the dark.
Alas, my rose, I was given too short a life,
Robbed of the right to see the light of day.
And now I am all alone in my grave.

And it is so lonely here, in my grave.
Not even the breeze laid his kiss.
And the sun no longer warms my being, in the day.
No, not anymore, my pet, my love.
Maggots and flies, insects, crawling here, so full of life.
Sometimes I find myself eating them in the dark.

I would repeat your name, in the dark
To erase this loneliness, so grave,
Eating away at my heart, not that I am still alive.
They lie, people. No angel came and gave me a kiss.
No light shone on me, the Lord did not give me his love.
And so I count every second, night and day

Waiting for you, how I wait for that day!
Your body will illumine me, here in the dark.
Ah, but I grow impatient, this love
Cannot wait no longer. I will be out of my grave
Waiting in the shadows beside you, steal your kisses.
I am dead, that can be mended, I will take your life.

It is a fickle thing, life.
Twist your head, maybe during the day.
I miss you, I miss your kisses
I will kiss you tonight, somewhere in the dark.
Look, I have even made you a grave
Besides mine, so we can, to our whim, make love.

Delight, rejoice, our kiss will give us life.
Heaven is like unto our love, a pitch black Eden, so dark.
And the days will go by, here in our grave.