Old Man
Thomas Winters
It begins with hunger. It always does.
See my lying on the stair, framed by
The firelight of an old tin can,
Matches lying damp on the floor
And angels everywhere.
The big boards, neon stars and
Smiling faces everywhere,
No one notices black flower tears
Blossoming on the cobbled streets.
You walk past me, I cry alone
To you alone, but no one hears
An old man's fears
If his face is baked in mud.
I follow your steps and to the river bed
And watch the wild waters run,
Calling to me, calling from the darkness
Everywhere.
The reeds whistle and grab my legs
Beckoning with leafy hands.
I fall,
I sink,
I
From the Chronicles of Mirrowmere
-Nel Bardil ar Vilumen-
By Thomas Winters
We fight for the glory of a nation
We rise for the challenge of one thousand years of torment
We battle for the peace of the future
So that one day we shall be lords of our own lives
And the tears shall fall
The blood shall spill
A sore day, a dark day
But the sun shall rise over the mountains
It shall call to our people.
We ride now not for the glory of riches,
Nor for the peace that we call are own,
We ride for our women, our children, our families
Who will never see the dawn of another day;
We ride now for the stars in heaven and the mother and the
Estamos en la piel del león
En la boca del señor
Que escupe mi canción.
Y en el eco
De mi solitaria habitación
Escucho tu nombre
Tan distante como tu amor.
Me supiste seducir
Con cantos de sirena
Ya muero devorado por ti.
Vivo por partes
Me enamoro por razones
Que aprendí a desconocer.
Cuando me he perdido
Me parece creer
Que el tiempo esta contra mi
Siempre me lleva hasta ti.
Déjame morir a fuego lento
Atrapado entre tus huesos
Rezando por mí.
Y si algún día recuerdas mi nombre
Entre tus excesos
Sabrás que no fui el único culpable
Ni la única victima.
Vivo p
How in love we were
at the beginning.
When you die I want
to be right there holding
your hand,
telling you
and showing them.
Even after all of it,
in spite of the tears
and the lies and the
imperfections that
were always too obvious,
I want to
touch your face
and kiss your forehead
and make
sure that the
last thing you know on
this Earth
is how much
you really meant to me.
So I almost think we should
go out and get ourselves
into mortal danger,
because then I could tell you
and it could really matter,
for the first time.
Because otherwise,
I guess you'll never
remember me.
You know,
you just
pretend
not to.
A
Her exhale was quick and short,
a gasp in reverse,
a sudden expression of gleeful shock.
His hands were the color of
coffee stirred with cream,
rough from all his instruments.
They were still cold from
the winter walk to her appartment.
Her voice rose in a whimper,
conveying her acceptance and
pleasure, her encouragement.
His fingers traced her milky white
collarbone, down across her
breasts where they rested.
Her arms around his neck,
their lips met in a flash of
intimate curiosity, not for
anywhere near the first time.
His breathing then became
ragged, not for anywhere
near the first time with
her at his mercy.
Her eye