There was a man that once I knew
A man who much resembled you
In kindness, manner, and all things of geste
The laughter in his heart when he would jest
The man loved music, dancing, too –
All things which I see within you
His lively spirit and beating heart
Made passion, to him, like an art
His soul was fierce and he was brave
To injustice he would not cave
And fondly I remember him now
And one thing I must avow –
I loved that man, that loyal one
His presence to me was like the sun
But his bravery could not help
How he had no faith in his self
And so his soul starved away
I saw it happ'ning day by day
The man I loved has ceased to be
And I cannot tell quite where that leaves me
But in your eyes this very night
I see in you that certain might
And I would vow to protect it
Against the darkness that saw fit
To take my love away from me
As he died, our eternity
With him, promises gone and null
My life became just a lull
Of misery and silences –
For my heart was wholly his –
But I revoke now what I said
That I would rather then be dead
Than without him for life is all
We have to promise us when we fall
That all things will come again to light
So now I ask on this very night
That you would eschew ties of old
And in you find something more bold
I will aid you in your quest
Lay my head softly on your chest
To hear your heart beat, like a drum
And in your soul an ongoing thrum
Of life itself showing it was there
As I softly stroke your hair
He forsook me when he left
And my heart for him was bereft
Til I knew at last 'twas not my love who's gone
But an empty shell with no hint of song
Or dance to keep himself alive
But in you I know love can thrive
So take my hand and say our vows
No more “buts” and no more “hows”
I understand your hesitance
But time is scarce so take a stance
Will you pledge your life to me
Let me nurture you that you may be
With me, a strong thing, singing loud
About your love of which you are so proud
To at last express and at last to know
Or would you fall back down below
To darknesses we cannot feel
And become nothing but a meal
To some terror there whose only hope
Was to tie around the neck of Love a rope
To hang it and see it buried there
And all things right and all things fair
Gone forever, naught but shades
Like that which my love had made
Of himself? No, say you'll stand!
Say youll proudly take my hand!
You look like him but I feel much more,
And I want to know your lore
That which makes up your own soul
So come and I will make you whole
Forget the matters of the past
And leave with me, safe at last.
A gesture to my hidden lover
A gesture to my hidden lover
Wedjat Iaret, Ra no Omezu
