Aura

See the snow and the red flowers in the fall
Strains of marble on the angel with crying eyes
Passing shadows in the fire of the last room
And like spectres wrap around the ashen sky
Distant words and the last island is now near
Like a Bocklin’s picture now the sea is quiet
He is Christ and she is Christ
And near the cross
They are angels falling in the silent sky
Touch my body for an instant in this dawn
Touch the stone, it’s cold like the heart of your church
And if you can feel something special in your tears
Remember, ghosts like me are roses for your years
Because the black names will return
To drown the roses of your dreams
Because the stigmata are bleeding
Over the sanctuaries of the rain
And if you can’t forget the pain of this return
It doesn’t matter, now the time is not your friend
Remember all you want remember if you want
And no one scream and no one tear could give me life
Touch my body for an instant in this dawn
Touch the stone, it is cold like the heart of your church
And if you can feel something special in your tears
Remember, ghosts like me are roses for your years
And all the gates of the cemetery
Are closed forever on your reasons
Only mercy’s eyes will shine
Over the dark lights of your treason