Timeo Danaos Et Dona Ferentes
A chance at last to now be grasped
Wish shaking hands and dancing heart
The smile of one who could be he
Who breaks through life to set me free
And then the gifted chance unwraps
To show the truth with hellish laughs
No chance exists except in mind
The tortured hope I hold inside
On cliff top screaming, knife in hand
For desperate wish of better land
I free my tears to blooded sky
And scream to God now let me die
Maybe
I think at last I have a chance
A silvered hope in distant view
Of morning smile to match my own
And arms to hold in safe and calm
But this chance I think will rest
On daring leap from safety’s cliff
From height so tall I lose my breath
For fear of fall and death’s embrace
A nightmare’s dream in sunset sky
Alone in hope of chance’s flight
Of breaking free from torment rest
To live a life I know will last
CLVIII
Chances jump and fly inside
Unearthly joy to play the bride
To dancing shadows left in heart
A stranger’s smile with lips to hide
A shallow truth left lost in words
That lie unsaid on wayside curb
In guttered hell till once they play
And flit and fly in sunset sky
