Demeter’s Lament
Let us dance to the music,
the music of the trees.
To the howling of the wolves,
the harmonies of the breeze.
A dance under star light,
A dance with no moon.
For once the dance is over,
You’ll be gone, quick and soon.
Let us dance one last time
Before a new dawn comes of age
Before he dragged you down the aisle
Before he puts you in a cage.
Did you ever mean it, Love?
Would you have ever tried to stay?
Once, yes. But only once, she said
Like she wanted to go away.
A tragedy, you’d call it
A tale of tears and woe
But winter always comes, my dears
After flowers must come the snow.