The Lantern

In the same destructive way

Your broken bridge lies in the hay

You cannot spell you only lean

Where magic words direct the stream





Underneath this buckled quilt

Flowers old and precious wilt

They take you to a bluster place

And dance around your face





Safer calendars i have seen

But whoever knew what months must mean

I sail the skies and fly through the sea

No miner, cook or fool can die so weakly





Hasty dashed in quicker clothes

What if the fishes eat the loaves

Backward buildings drop to dust

Gutters turn to rust





I stamp my feet and scare the ghost

Welcome that dimension's host

He flickers and snickers into his robe

And skips around the globe





During weeks when i was grey

I posted night to greet the day

I shunned the light for beams of black

No sailor, ship or sea can sink on land





The lantern swings until your arm hurts

And all you did was signal your demise


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