Pine Cone Ridge

Trap doors in shifting floors
Whoa, I’m tumbling from the sky!
Where just a half a blink before
I could swear I knew how to fly

Oh, I hail from the vista
Of the Pine Cone eye
Where gravity’s just a
Local ordinance to defy

You know we had a wild night
Down by Mandrake Lake
Dream-webs dropped
From swan-drawn flight
Waves of yesterday
Washed in the wake

She whispers her will
On the wisp of the wind
When the night is bright
And daylight dimmed
Ballets of fireflies
And star-studded skies
Folds of old fables
And worn yarns of the wise
Well, Iris left you a message
At the edge of rainbow bridge
Spelled out in the language of images
It said mind the signs
Along Pine Cone Ridge

Hidden where no sunshine enters in
Lit by the smile of a waning moon
A flick that never seems to begin
Cut off by floodlights too soon

You know we spied the deep inside
Swimming in Mandrake Lake
Refracted reactions
Unable to hide
Mirrored in murmurs
Mortal mouths make

She whispers her will
On the wisp of the wind
When the night is bright
And daylight dimmed
Ballets of fireflies
And star-studded skies
Folds of old fables
And worn yarns of the wise
Well, Iris left you a message
At the edge of rainbow bridge
Spelled out in the language of images
It said mind the signs
Along Pine Cone Ridge

And we drowned on what we found
Diving deep beneath Mandrake Lake
Coiling cords around twilight sounds
And wrapping ourselves in our mistakes

Smoke signals drift away
Firmament’s gone quaking
Fading fast into the day
Beneath the weight of waking

You know we dove to the treasure trove
Under the surface of Mandrake Lake
Sprites in spite of the web we wove
When we wrested ourselves awake

She whispers her will
On the wisp of the wind
When the night is bright
And daylight dimmed
Ballets of fireflies
And star-studded skies
Folds of old fables
And worn yarns of the wise
Well, Iris left you a message
On the edge of rainbow bridge
Spelled out in the language of images
It said mind the signs
Along Pine Cone Ridge

February 18, 2017. Category: Word Jazz.

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