the night swims
and the stars surrender
the sun dims
i remember

cosmina
tango
i can't breathe
moonlit hair
the morning star
she espies
from her castle
in the east
i awake
and cannot sleep
am i sick?
or do i dream?

always some trouble
a dress caught in a bicycle
or teasing insolence
joke and a quick smile
am i worth your while?
every night i hear you
and when i am long from you i miss you

sweep away the memories
and what still remains
i will not build a house of chains
every dream ends
but shall i tell you
you are my dream

ride a horse of midnight
across the starry heavens
she lost her way at the gate
and wandered through the jeweled gardens
the wind whips her locks from her eyes
through this storm i am lightning
and then vanishing, lost
reins in, halt
she sings, where is my gentleman
my gallant man of the blackened seas
king of the skies
why do they all lie?
and i am now
again
lost,
lost in the wheeling sky

still you are my dream
i sing
still you are my dream
ride on
and your moonlit hair
still can be seen
when we are all made equal
still the night will yet swim
with a thousand diamonds
where she wanders
in my dream.

 - "cosmina", 2011-09-08