The Axiom

Not one more phrase about you — carved in granite stone The wind would wheeze inside the flue Howling in a desperate moan Not one more line — the fire sang past every minor key The smoke rubbed up against the hearth’s cheek like a stray cat, cold and free The rain drummed patterns on the glass Drew shapes with every drop The evening wove a hazy dusk Made my eyes blur and stop Let’s say goodbye once and for all No regrets, no past I’ll watch those colored images again Free at last I’ll breathe — not rasp Through a clean, bright rainbow’s art Enough of feeling sorry for myself Time to cheer my heart Useless thoughts — to ash they go Burned down by heat inside I’ll scatter like dust come morning light The memory you once tore wide I’ll whisper your name just one more time Into the damp, grey dawn I’ll learn it like a law, a truth That you, my love, are gone Every second, I would set The past on replay’s wheel Existed — but I never lived My own reproach too real Let’s say goodbye once and for all No regrets, no past I’ll watch those colored images again Free at last I’ll breathe — not rasp Through a clean, bright rainbow’s art Enough of feeling sorry for myself Time to cheer my heart Not one more word about you No more… Never again I’m switching off forever now Your unextinguished flame. Amen