THE PRISONER

I am a prisoner

Bound by chains

Another one

Of love's preys

I am no longer there

When the north wind blows

From my tears

Swallows are born

They swarm onwards

Towards heaven's door

You think I am gone

Could blame you?

You were but a speck

On love's chessboard

I am never gone

My ashes gather dust 

On the pictures on your mantelpiece 

My blood reddens the roses

That you offer to vanity

My soul wanders in the air

As you dance to the breeze

My voice echoes wildly

As the clock strikes the last hour

My eyes flutter silently 

As you dance with another

The hallways ,the streets ,the docks

Contain the steps I took 

The footprints will stay for eternity

For I am never gone

When you think you are free

To run along the railway track

To shout into the wilderness

And wait for an answer

You'll see the ghost of a girl 

Running beside

When your thoughts wander 

As you sit beside the fireside

The fire thrives on my spirit

You are never alone 

For the iris beside you growing in the windowside

Had blossomed after the day I died